सोऽर्धपाणिस्तु विज्ञेयास्त्वन्यैर्द्रुतलयाश्रयाः । अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रमाणं तु कलानां न विधीयते ॥ ३३९॥ इति भारतीये नाट्यशास्त्रे तालविधानो नामाध्याय एकत्रिंशः ।
That which is struck with a half-hand is to be known as ardhapāṇi, while the others belong to the fast tempo (drutalaya). Beyond this, the measure of kalās (time units) is not further prescribed. Thus ends the thirty-first chapter of the Bharatiya Natyashastra, entitled The Chapter on Tāla (Time-Measure).
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