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15. Thus the Utpala-mala (literally, a wreath of purple lilies) is composed 15 of (BRN*BBRV) a dactyl, cretic, and tribrach: then the yati rhyme, followed by two dactyls, a cretic, and iambus.

16. And the Champaca-mala is similar, but divides the first foot (B) into 16 four shorts. Over these two lines, I have marked the feet by the letters assigned to them. The line in which each metre is exemplified should be committed to memory.

17. The following Utpala-mala verse occurs in the Maha Bharata (Book 17 I, canto 1, verse 218).