A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s2.59
A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s2.59
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v3.c35.s2.59
To the embellishments of sound belong, in particular, the numerous types of the yamaka, poetic rhyme, (in which a good number of syllables, that stand in immediate proximity or are separated by other syllables, are repeated). Such a repetition may appear in the beginning or in the middle or at the end of a foot. The same series of syllables, when repeated, have, nevertheless, different meanings. Thus, for example, a verse reads :