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Chapter 11
Metres Used in the Eleventh Chapter
Out of the fifty-five verses, in this chapter, there is 'anustup' metre, in nineteen verses; 'upendravajra' metre, in three verses, and 'upajati metre, in thirty-three verses.
Out of the nineteen verses, having 'anustup' metre; in the first quarter of the first and fifty-fifth verses 'bha-gana' being used there is 'bha-vipula' metre; in the first quarter of the eleventh and fifty-third verses 'na-gaga' being used there is 'na-vipula , metre, and in the first quarter of the tenth verse 'na-gana, and in the third quarter 'bha-gana' being used there is 'samkirna-vipula', metre. The remaining fourteen verses (2/9, 12-14, 51-52, 54) possess the characteristics, of right 'pathyavaktra' Anustup metre.
Out of the remaining thirty-six verses, the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and forty-fifth verses have 'upendravajra' metre, while the remaining thirty-three verses (15-27, 30-44, 46--50) have the characteristics of right, 'upajatP metre.
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