Natyashastra

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अक्षरैर्या चतुर्मात्रा द्विमात्रा वर्णतस्तु सा । चित्रे कला भवेद्य तु वृत्तौ सा द्विगुणा स्मृता ॥ ११३॥

sanskrit

That which is of four mātrās in syllables becomes two mātrās in terms of varṇas. The Kalā which is so measured in the Citra style is regarded as being double in the Vṛtti style.

english translation

akSarairyA caturmAtrA dvimAtrA varNatastu sA । citre kalA bhavedya tu vRttau sA dviguNA smRtA ॥ 113॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/natyashastra/31/113

अक्षरैर्या चतुर्मात्रा द्विमात्रा वर्णतस्तु सा । चित्रे कला भवेद्य तु वृत्तौ सा द्विगुणा स्मृता ॥ ११३॥

sanskrit

That which is of four mātrās in syllables becomes two mātrās in terms of varṇas. The Kalā which is so measured in the Citra style is regarded as being double in the Vṛtti style.

english translation

akSarairyA caturmAtrA dvimAtrA varNatastu sA । citre kalA bhavedya tu vRttau sA dviguNA smRtA ॥ 113॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript