Prosody: Pali Metre (Meter) 4

Dear friends,

as you may already know, this discussion is based on Chapter 15 of A
Practical Grammar of the Paali Language by Charles Duroiselle.

634. In the addhasama class of metres, the first and the third, and
the second and fourth paadas are similar. The following table shows
eleven kinds of metres that come under this head:

Name of Metre Odd quarter - verses 1st.-3rd. Even quarter -
verses 2nd.-4th.
upacitta ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯
ratamajjhaa ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯
vegavati ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯
bhaddaviraaja.m ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯
ketumati ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ¯
akhyaanikaa ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯
viparitapubba ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯
hari.napaluta ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯
aparavutta ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯
pubbittaggaa ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯
yavaadikaamatii ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯



metta,
Yong Peng.