82 TAI MACARIU t 1 Pādas actually end in a long syllable and in their case there is no possibility of getting 15, 9, 9 and 15 moras respectively. If the metre of PC. 14 79, having the actual scheme of 8+8+14, is to be regarded according to SC. VIII 20 as having the scheme 9+9+15, then it follows that the Sandhi- commencing stanza and all the other Ghattās of PC. 14 are to be considered as having the scheme 9+9+15, and yet one Ghatta of PC. 14, viz. PC. 14 2 9 has the scheme 8+8+14. Does this mean that in the last case a slightly different Şațpadi is employed? But there appears no reason for this variation. The long vowel at the end of the four Pādas of PC 14 2 9 is the feminine suffix i and taking into consideration Apabh- ramsa development -iya into -7, it is very likely that the end syllable of PC. 14 2 9 cdef was originally -iya. In that case the irregularity would be removed. Of the Samacatuṣpadis No. 6 is not a Ghattā. It is used in the main body of the Kadavaka and hence useless for our present pur- pose. For No. 7 (Dhruvaka) the scheme given by SC VIII 5 is moras for each Päda. PC. 33 3 9 and the other Ghattās of 33. San- dhi actually contain 9 moras in each of their Pādas. Thus in their case the end syllable is not to be counted as a long. But though all the Pādas of these Ghattās contain 9 moras, there is a positive dif- ference between the odd and even Padas. The odd Padas of the Ghattās of PC. 33 end in -U, while the even Padas end in This important difference possessing a definite rhythmic effect is not at all noticed by Svayambhú in his description of the Dhruvaka. The case of the remaining Samacatușpadi is quite peculiar. It is de. fined at SC. VIII 26 as the second type of Ghatta, but the definition stanza' appears to be somewhat corrupt, as it fails to satify the schem given by itself. Its odd Padas actually contain 13 moras, the even Pādas, 11. If we examine PC. 5 1 and the Ghattās of that Sandhi. we find that in all the cases, except 5 2 9a, 5 7 11c and 5 12 9c, the odd Pādas actually contain 11 moras and end in - V, while the even Pādas actually contain 12 moras and end in ITIT This means that if all the Pādas are to contain 12 moras, in one and the stanza, the end syllable of the odd Pädas, actually short, is to be regarded as long, while the end syllable of the even Pādas also actually short, is to be regarded as short! And inspite of the mark- ed rhythmic difference in the construction of the end portions of the odd and even Pädas, the definition does not take any note thereof, but on the contrary the even Pādas of the definition stanza actually contain 11 moras and end in --I', being thus equivalent to the odd Pādas of the illustrative stanza (as also of the Ghattās of PC. 5)! There remain now No. 3, 4, 5 and 10, the Antarasamācatușpadis. In their case also the inconsistency of now regarding the end sylla- bles as long, now assigning them their actual value is patent. PC. 65 1 has actually the scheme 7+13, but SC. VI 41 considers 8+14 to be its scheme Similarly PC. 77 1 and 77 13 having the actual schemes of 8+15 and 8-+16 respectively are considered by SC. VI 70, 73 as having the respective measures of 9+16 and 9+17. On the other hand in the case of 41 1, both the actual measure as well as the scheme given by SC. VIII 24 are 9+14. There is no discrepancy here in theory and practice. But the fact that the open- (1) savvanahom pi payānam, ti-nava-kalão huvanti! Ghatta-lakkhana erisau, govala vilavanti!! This reads as a regular Doha ! same
