Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c79.105

v2.c79.105

as well as the vowels are necessarily repeated, and repeated strictly in the same order or sequence. In *yamaka*, the same group of vocables is repeated but it need not be the same in meaning, and may even be quite meaningless in itself: but in the repetition of the *anuprāsa* one should consider the meaning. *Nicitam kham upetya nīradaiḥ priyahinī-hṛdayīvanīralaiḥ* would be an example of one variety of *yamaka*: while *adri-droṇī-kuṭīre kuhariṇī hariṇārātayo yāpayanti* would be an example of *anuprāsa*.