An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon

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An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon - 38 Example: Lakkhaṇasuttanta (DN. 30. 2. 15): ⏑⏑−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑− Atha ce pi pabbajati so manujo, −−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑− dhammesu hoti paguṇo visavī −−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑− tassānusāsaniguṇābhirato, −−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑− anvāyiko bahujano bhavati. Upaṭṭhitā: −−⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑× (x 4) Example: Ja 125 20-21 1 Dodhaka (an Āpātalikā even line repeated): −⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑−× (x 4) Example: the last two verses of Kokāliyasutta (Sn III:10) (vs 677-8): −⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑−− Te gaṇitā viduhī tilavāhā, −⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑−− ye Padume niraye upanītā ⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑−− nahutāni hi koṭiyŏ pañca bhavanti, 2 −⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑−− dvādasa koṭisatāni punaññā. (Sn 677) 1 This is Warder’s reference, given on page 221 of Pāli Metre, I have been unable to trace it. 2 This line is irregular, we should exclude koṭiyo m.c., which then gives a normal line.
An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon - 39 Other Metres: there are 3 others which have not been named: ⏑⏑⏑−−× (x 4) (Th 381) ⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑− (x 4) (SN 1:14) −−−−−⏑⏑⏑⏑−−× (x 4) (Th 111) 2.22 Addhasamavutta (Ardhasamavṛtta) Āpātalikā, which in its Classical form belongs to this class, has been described in 15 above. Pupphitaggā was described in 2.12. Aparavatta, which is derived from Vetālīya, shows the following structure: ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑ × ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑ × (x 2) Example: Bhallāṭiya Jātaka Ja 504 vs 25: ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Vividham-adhimanā suṇomahaṁ, ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− vacanapathaṁ tava-m-atthasaṁhitaṁ, ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− muñca giri nudaseva me daraṁ, 1 ⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− samaṇa sukhāvaha jīva me ciran-ti. 1 This line has pādādilahu.
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