THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
1873.
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Kusuma has 10–10–17–10–10–17.
3.
Boga—12–12–20–12–12–20.
sion of the
4.
Bamene—14–14–23–14–14–23.
5. G.
Parevardeene—16–16–26–16–16–26. Vardika–20–20–32–20–20–32.
the Mátra Writta is the Areya. Like the Kanda the Areya is a verse of four lines. The 1st and
The verse then is of the Bamene subdivi
The third line, it will be seen, is in every case one and a half the first plus two. v v v.
v.
v.
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v
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Satpade.
The last subdivision of
3rd lines of the Areya verse must have 12 accents each. The number of accents in the 2nd and 4th lines determines the minor sub
division of the Areya to which the verse belongs.
Take an example:– -
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v
v.
The subdivisions are—
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14
(i.)
Géta, where the 1st and 3rd lines have
12 accents, 2nd and 4th have 13.
cº, &e:287: 233.3% tº - U_x
v
v
- v
v
v - v v.
-
14
v -
v
(ii.)
v-
Uppa Géta: 1st and 3rd lines—12 ac
cents, 2nd and 4th lines—15.
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v., v v
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v.
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v
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23
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v
14
vs.
v
v
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v v v v.
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vº
v
Sun Géta: 1st and 3rd lines have 12
accents.
The 2nd and 4th do not agree in the
number of accents.
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V
v
v
v.
When the line is long enough to require it v
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there is a rest or caesura in the middle.
This is
eº.º. 23.
called Yete. In the more perfect verse where a The number of lines in which the second con sonant is the same is six.
This tells us the verse
rest does occur, the initial consonant of the word
following such rest is the same as the initial con
belongs to the Satpade. Now by counting the
sonant of the line. This is not an essential, but,
number of accents in each line we find that the
like the use of the Antya Prasu, the verse in
1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th lines have 14 accents;
which it is found is considered more finished
the 3rd and 6th lines have each 23.
and perfect.
THE CALENIDAR OF
TIPſ. SULTAN.
A
By P. N. PURNAIYA, B.A., YELUNDURU.
It may be a matter of surprise to many that Tipá Sultan of Maisur, generally known as an
which the number of days in the month is de termined is peculiar. A partial explanation, is
illiterate person, invented a Calendar, differing from the ordinary Muhammadan one, and which
afforded in the following extract from the preface to Richardson's Dictionary English, Persian,
he always used in officially addressing the various
and Arabic :-
functionaries that served under him.
-
It is not
“The Muhammadan year is lunar. The
known at what time precisely he introduced his calendar, but it is believed by Colonel William Kirkpatrick” that he did so, some time between January and June 1784 A.D.
months consist alternately of twenty-nine and thirty days. To the last an intercalary day is added eleven times in a period of thirty years,
Tipt allowed the week to have the usual
years of the Christian are nearly equal to thirty
and these are abounding years.
Thirty-two
number of seven days, but the month was three Muhammadan years.” The difference will be obvious from the fol. changed, for though the number of them in the | year was twelve, yet it differs from both the Euro lowing table, which shows the Hindú names pean and Hindú month in the number of days corresponding to the months of Tipú's Calendar, that each contains. The principle according to and also the signs of the Zodiac.
- Wide Select Letters ºf Tippſ Sultan, by Colonel William Kirkpatrick. London, 1s11.