Natyashastra

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कलिकं मध्यमे यत्र नीचेष्वर्धकलं भवेत् । एवमर्धार्धहीनं तु जडानां सम्प्रयोजयेत् ॥ ३३॥

sanskrit

Where the gait of the middling is one Kalā, that of the inferior should be half a Kalā; thus, half and quarter measures are applied for the dull or heavy characters.

english translation

kalikaM madhyame yatra nIceSvardhakalaM bhavet । evamardhArdhahInaM tu jaDAnAM samprayojayet ॥ 33॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/natyashastra/12/33

कलिकं मध्यमे यत्र नीचेष्वर्धकलं भवेत् । एवमर्धार्धहीनं तु जडानां सम्प्रयोजयेत् ॥ ३३॥

sanskrit

Where the gait of the middling is one Kalā, that of the inferior should be half a Kalā; thus, half and quarter measures are applied for the dull or heavy characters.

english translation

kalikaM madhyame yatra nIceSvardhakalaM bhavet । evamardhArdhahInaM tu jaDAnAM samprayojayet ॥ 33॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript