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1. Metrical curiosities (J. K. Mohana Rao)
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:56:56 -0800 (PST)
From: "J. K. Mohana Rao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Metrical curiosities
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In Sanskrit prosody books, it is quite common to
see examples of vRttAs with their names occuring
as words in the examples. This is called
mudrAlaMkAra. The name generally agrees with
the guru-laghu scheme of the poem either at the
beginning or at the end of the pAda. Given
below is an incomplete list to illustrate this
point.
The name agrees with the gaNa scheme at the
beginning of the pAda for the following:
shashivadanA - na-ya
chitrapadA - bha-bha-ga-ga
mANavakA - bha-ta-la-ga
bhujaMgashishubhR(ru)ta - na-na-ma
rukmavatI - bha-ma-sa-ga
dOdhaka - bha-bha-bha-ga-ga
vAtOrmI - ma-bha-ta-ga-ga
mauktikamAlA - bha-ta-na-ga-ga
svAgata - ra-na-bha-ga-ga
shyEni - ra-ja-ra-ga-ga
chaMdravartma - ra-na-bha-sa
drutavilaMbita - na-bha-bha-ra
puTa - na-na-ma-ya
pramuditavadanA - na-na-ra-ra
pramitAkshharA - sa-ja-sa-sa
abhinavatAmarasaM - na-ja-ja-ya
praharaNakalitA - na-na-bha-na-la-ga
iMduvadanA - bha-ja-sa-na-ga-ga
maNigaNanikara - na-na-na-na-sa
maMdAkrAMtA - ma-bha-na-ta-ta-ga-ga
bhadraka - bha-ra-na-ra-na-ra-na-ga
mattAkrIDA - ma-ma-ta-na-na-na-na-la-ga
krauMchapadA - bha-ma-sa-bha-na-na-na-(ya)na-ga
utpalamAla or utpalamAlikA or kAmalatA -
bha-ra-na-bha-bha-ra-la-ga
shashivadanA (chaMpakamAla) - na-ja-bha-ja-ja-ja-ra
mattakOkila - ra-sa-ja-ja-bha-ra
For the following, the name agrees with the gaNa
scheme at the end of the pAda.
tanumadhyA - ta-ya
vasumatI - na-sa
madalEkhA - ma-sa-ga
halamukhI - ra-na-sa
upasthitA - ta-ja-ja-ga
iMdravajrA - ta-ta-ja-ga-ga
sumukhI - na-ja-ja-la-ga
bhramaravilasitaM - ma-bha-na-la-ga
rathOddhatA - ra-na-ra-la-ga
vRMtA - na-na-sa-ga-ga
bhadrikA - na-na-ra-la-ga
kusumavichitrA - na-ya-na-ya
priyaMvadA - na-bha-ja-ra
maNimAlA - ta-ya-ta-ya
mahitOjjvalA - na-na-bha-ra
vaishvadEvI - ma-ma-ya-ya
mAlatI - na-ja-ja-ra
paMchachAmaraM - ja-bha-ja-ra
paMchachAmaraM - ja-ra-ja-ra-ja-ga
kshhamA - na-na-ta-ta-ga
mattamayUraM - ma-ta-ya-sa-ga
maMjubhAshhiNI - sa-ja-sa-ja-ga
chaMdrikA - na-na-ta-ta-ga
asaMbAdhA - ma-ta-na-sa-ga-ga
aparAjitA - na-na-ra-sa-la-ga
shashikalA - na-na-na-na-sa
prabhadrakaM - na-ja-bha-ja-ra
aelA - sa-ja-na-na-ya
chaMdralEkhA - ma-ra-ma-ya-ya
gajavilasitaM - bha-ra-na-na-na-ga
shikhariNI - ya-ma-na-sa-bha-la-ga
tanvI - bha-ta-na-sabha-bha-na-ya
ashvalalitaM - na-ja-bha-ja-bha-ja-bha-la-ga
suvadanA - ma-ra-bha-naya-bha-la-ga
shArdUlavikrIDitaM - ma-sa-ja-sa-ta-ta-ga
mattEbhavikrIDitaM - sa-bha-ra-na-ma-ya-la-ga
narkuTakaM or kOkilakaM - na-ja-bha-ja-ja-la-ga
For the following, the name agrees both at the
beginning and at the end.
vidyullEkhA - ma-ma
vidyunmAlA - ma-ma-ga-ga
pramANikA - ja-ra-la-ga
mattA - ma-bha-sa-ga
shrI - bha-ta-na-ga-ga
prabhA - na-na-ra-ra
bhujaMgaprayAtaM - ya-ya-ya-ya
sragviNI - ra-ra-ra-ra
lOlA - ma-sa-ma-bha-ga-ga
vRtta - ra-ja-ra-ja-ra-ja-ga-la
Regards! - J K Mohana Rao
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