Natyashastra

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आदौ गुर्वक्षरं ?? अन्ते लघूनि चैव हि । त्र्यस्रः स खलु विज्ञेयस्तालश्चञ्चूपुटाश्रयः ॥ ११॥

That tala which begins with a long syllable and ends with two short syllables is to be known as Tryasra. It is based on the Capaputa pattern.

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सन्निपातस्ततः शम्या तालः शम्यामथापि वा । सन्निपातादिको ज्ञेयः शम्यादिश्च तथापरः ॥ १२॥

Then comes Sannipāta, followed by Śamyā, Tāla, and again Śamyā; or alternatively, Śamyā, Tāla, Śamyā, Tāla. These are to be known respectively as Sannipātādi and Śamyādi types.

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तालादिश्च त्रिभिर्भेदैः पुनश्चञ्चूपुटो भवेत् । शम्यादिकस्तु विज्ञेयस्तज्ज्ञैरासारितादिषु ॥ १३॥

The Cañcatpuṭa is again of three kinds beginning respectively with Tāla, Śamyā, and Sannipāta. The type beginning with Śamyā is to be applied by experts in songs like the Āsārita and others.

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तालादिकस्तथा प्रोक्तो विद्वद्भिः पाणिकादिषु । चञ्चूपुटस्य ये भावाः सन्निपातादयस्तु ये ॥ १४॥

The type beginning with Tāla is similarly mentioned by the learned as applicable in Pāṇikā and other songs. The varieties of the Cañcatpuṭa are thus said to be the Sannipātādi and the others.

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त एव भेदा विज्ञेया बुधैश्चञ्चूपुटस्य च । सन्निपातादिकः स्वस्य बलवान्नेतरस्तथा ॥ १५॥

These same are to be known by the wise as the types of the Cañcatpuṭa. Among them, the Sannipātādi is the strongest, while the others are comparatively weaker.

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Chapter 31

Verses 16-20