Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s3: Maṇḍala III

Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s3

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Maṇḍala III

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[This collection is singularly homogeneous: it is also very regular, but characterized by a fairly frequent use of the Vāsiṣṭhī verse. See § 110 i.]

¹ 1c *dídiat*; 2a *cakrmā*; 6a *vavrája*; 15d *dámia*; 16b *dhániā*; 23c *siát*. 2. 7c *sá*; 8a *namasyátā*; 8b *dámia*; 11d *vásū* (plur.). 3. 7a *su-apatyé* : *áyavi* is probable. 4. 9b *siasva*, § 148 vi. 5. 2a *prá íd ū*. 6. 1b *nayatā*; 3a *diaúḥ*; 6c *vahā*: probably Virāṭsthānā verse; 10c *prácī ’dhv-*, § 128 ii: but *prák* or *prácā* as an adverb is more probable. 7. 5d *gánia*; 6a, 10c *utá*. 8. 3b *prthiviáḥ*; 7c *viantu*; 9a *śrayiṇíśaḥ*. 10. 3c *sá’gne* with Sandhi. 11. 6a probably *abhīyújaḥ*, § 167 iii. 13. 1b catalectic verse; 7a *rāsvā*. 14. 2b *túbhya*; 6a *tuát*. 15. 5a *śármā*; 6a *pipayā*.

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¹⁶ For the metre see § 94 viii; 5b perhaps *avíratāya* (neuter); 6c *sṛjā*, and see § 213 ii. 17. 3d *bhavā*. 18. 2a *tápā*; 4a *sátvā*, § 178. 19. 3b *śíkṣā, su-apatyá*; 4c *vahā*.

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²⁰ 1a *uṣásam*, § 170 ii a; 1c *śṛṇuantu*, § 147; 2c *ū*; 5d *ādityán*, giving irregular break (§ 218 vi), followed by short eighth and tenth syllables: this seems more probable than reading *aadityán* and then Jagatī cadence. 21. 5c *stokáḥ ścotanti te vaso* is a probable arrangement. 22. 1a *sá* and perhaps *yásmi*; 1d *sasanván*. 23. 4a Rest at the fifth place. 24. 1b *ápāsiā*. 26. 1a *nicáyia*. 27. 2c perhaps *dhitávanam*, § 170 ii; 14a *vṛṣā*; 15c *dídiatam*; *28 see p. 42; *29 see p. 42; 2a *aráṇioḥ*; 4b *prthiviáḥ*; 6c perhaps *ánīvṛta*, § 167 i; 8a *sídā*; 9b *itanā*.

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³⁰ 4d *nímite ’va*; 13d *kármā* (plur.); 15a *díhyā*; 20c *suaryávah, túbhya*; 21c *diváksā ’si*: for the Sandhi see § 130 ii; 21d *sú*. 31. 2a *tánua*; 9c *nú*; 13a *yádi*; 13b *ródasīyoḥ*, § 173 ii; 14d *sú*; 15a *purucandrám*; 20c extended Triṣṭubh verse, unless we correct by reading *índra tvám naḥ*. 32. 6b for the possible Sandhi see § 130 iii : but *sártavā u* is probably the right reading, § 171 v; 8a *kármā*; 15a *suáhā*, § 145 vi; 16b *ná* ‘not’ with hiatus.

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³³ *13a Epic Anuṣṭubh semi-cadence.

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³⁴ 6b *kármā*; 7b *devébhiaḥ*; 8b *sasanvámsam*; 9d *prá ’riam*. 35. 3a *úpa*; 7d *túbhya*; 9d, 10a *píbā*. 36. 1d *mahábhiḥ*, § 178; 6b *rathío ’va*; 9a *bharā*. 38. 2d *nú*; 5a *jíāyān*; 7c *asuríyam*. 39. 8c *bhúrí* cit probably.

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40. 2b haryā; 3a dhitávanam, § 170 ii c; 5a dadhiṣvá. 41. 6a mandasva. 43. 5c mè ’rṣim: for the Sandhi see § 130 i; 7a píbā. 44. 2a uṣásam, § 170 ii. 45. 1b yāhí; 2c hárioh. 46. 5a -díāvā, § 145 vi. 47. 2c jahí; 3c tuā. 48. 3a upastháyā. 49. 1a perhaps yásmi, § 178; 2a nú; 2d áyu, § 178.

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51. 10b rādhānaam. *52. See p. 43; 6c tuā; 8a bharatā. 53. 2d no caesura, § 214; 4d dhanuā, § 147; 11a prétā; 11c extended Triṣṭubh verse; 16c catalectic verse; *17c pātalye (y cons.), § 135 a; *22c Epic Anuṣṭubh semi-cadence. 54. 1c dámia; 4a utá; 4d pṛthivī; 17b bhávathā; 20c aadityaíḥ, § 150. 55. 1a uṣásaḥ, § 170 ii; 2a má; 3b didie; 17b sá ’nyásmin; 18a, 18b nú. 56. 3b tri-ūdhá is not required by the metre, but seems probable. 57. 5d sādayā: ca, § 175 ii; 6d rásvā.

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58. 6b apparently jahnáviām, with irregular cadence. 59. 2d hypersyllabic verse, § 224: Sandhi combination of all the words in the first part of the verse is unlikely. 60. 5d matsuā; 6b śáciā. 61. 4b probably uṣá á yāti. 62. 1b tújia; 2a ū; 4c rásvā; 7a pūṣan, but see § 177 iii; 7c túbhya; 15a áyu; 16a abhí should probably be read for á, a heptasyllabic verse being improbable in this collection: perhaps mitra varuṇa.

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