A History of Sanskrit Literature c12.s1.34

c12.s1.34

In the Çloka Bhāravi conforms in general to the same rules as Kālidāsa. But he never uses the fourth Vipulā form, and in his 250 half-stanzas he uses the first three Vipulās respectively fifteen, eight, and two times; Kālidāsa, on the contrary, likes best the third Vipulā.