The Sanskrit Text of Buddha-carita Aśvaghoṣa - buddhanet-de-index

Introduction to the Text - 114. Mālinī = (2 verses)In contrast Mālinī has a run of 5 light syllables in the opening. It is used as theClassical metre which closes Chapters II and XIII; 1 its scheme of 15 syllables can beoutlined like this:⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−,−⏑−−⏑−−5. Śikhariṇī = (1 verse)This is a 17-syllable metre, which is used at the conclusion of Chapter IV, it’sscheme, which has a definite caesura after the 6th syllable is as follows:⏑−−−−−,⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−−⏑⏑⏑−6. Aparavaktra = (1 verse)This metre is similar to Puṣpitāgrā, but with the Vaitālīya cadence, thereby havingthe followng scheme:⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−It occurs as the final verse of Chapter VII.1 In the text established by Cowell, another verse follows the Mālinī conclusion, but this isspurious.