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Namaste all.

 

A simple question on metre. Can some one help?

 

What metre is the following familiar Sanskrit shloka?:

 

yatra yatra raghunAtha-kIrtanaM

tatra tatra kRRitamastakAnjaliM /

bAshhpa-vAri-paripUrNa-locanaM

mArutiM namata rAkshhasAntakaM //

 

An allied question:

 

What are the other metres with 11 syllables for each

quarter? I know 'Indra-vajra' each quarter of which goes

like:

DA DA Da DA DA Da Da DA Da DA DA.

An example would be:

tvam-AdidevaH purushhaH purANaH (B.G. 11-38)

 

I know also 'Raja-Hamsi' which goes like

Da Da Da DA Da DA DA Da DA Da DA

 

The only example that I know for this is Bhagavatam 10-31-1

to 18. #1 here goes:

jayati tedhikaM janmanA vrajaH.

 

PraNAms to all lovers of Sanskrit poetry.

profvk

 

Prof. V. Krishnamurthy

 

Latest on my website: Shrimad Bhagavatam and advaita bhakti. Introduction.

Chatushloki Bhagavatam. Vidura and Maitreya. Kapila Gita.

Dhruva charitam. JaDabharata, Ajamila Stories. Prahlada Charitram.

 

http://www.geocities.com/profvk/VK2/Bhagavatam_Introduction.html

 

and succeeding pages.

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