There are many varieties of this chiming metre. If the foot BL is used six times, with the yati after every eight syllables, it is called the ^aTisftSsSx Q&o If all the longs except the two last of the Laya-grahi are resolved into two shorts each (like a-chime of 4 bells) the metre is named Layavibhati, of which there is an instance at the close of the Ehanumad Vijayam, one line running thus:—
The Laya-vibhati would be thus arranged.
UUU UU-UUUIUUU UU-UUUIUUU UU-UUUIUUU UU-
having 34 syllables in the line, divided into four portions, and the second syllable of each portion being prasa—here denoted by a star. It is a smooth melodious chiming metre—Take the following example Vizaia Vil. 3. 88.
1st line 3oo351tf£ -Rg-^S^ Xz<x>£cX>
2d line r*e»9xe ■sr-SoiHS' ~3t>&&v Im-t^s"
Ku3o;5-»k T^oL^f S"e.0oi<>3a 8 3jr 3d line Se>ra>a In the Telugu Pancha Tantram, and the llama Stava Eajam, several other varieties occur. But in principle these are perfectly easy, for the rhythm is evident to the ear ; and whenever an unusual metre is used, the name is appended. Vencat Arya page 177. Sragdhara KP. 6. 280. Manigana nicaram KP. C. 283.
ON THE EAGADA METEE.
The Eagada is a melody, similar to the descants or tirades (as they are termed) in French poetry. (See New Monthly Magazine 1827, page 78.) Prosodians have laboured to reduce these harmonies to metrical rule, and have invented many names for various species: calling some, the "Amble, the Elephant pace, the Swan," &c. but these are superfluous: the Eagada usually is mentioned in poems without any such epithet.
