History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.818

v6.c82.818

¹¹⁰⁸ There is a 'षोडशराजकीय' section in द्रोणपर्व chap 55-71 (16 ancient kings named Marutta, Suhotra, Paurava &c.). Asti is a Vedic metre, each of its four pādas having 16 letters as in Rg II 22 1; Atyaṣṭi is another Vedic metre with 68 letters in four pādas, Dhṛti, Atidhṛti Kṛti, Prakṛti, and Ākṛti have respectively 72, 76, 80 84, 88 letters in all pādas, The Ṛkprātiśākhya (16 83-90) says उत्तराद्विश्चतु पदै. । ततोऽष्टापाष्टिरत्यष्टिः। धृति पूर्वा द्विसप्तति । पद्सप्ततिस्त्वतिधृति. । कृति. प्रकृतित्राकृतिर्विकृतिः सहकृतिस्तथा । षष्ठी चाभिकृतिर्नाम समभ्युकृतिकृच्यते ॥ अशीतिश्चतुरशीतिरष्टाशीतिर्द्विनवति. ।. . ed by Mangal Deva Shastri, Allahabad (1931)