Kalahamsa is a musical form where one foot is sung first, then svaras are sung, and it is combined with tālas like jhampā
"Where, having sung one foot first, then svaras are sung, that is kalahamsa,
combined with tālas like jhampā."
TRANSLATION
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[26. Kalahaṁsa]
Where, having sung one foot first, then svaras are sung, that is kalahamsa,
combined with tālas like jhampā.
(407)
[27. Ghața]
Where one-half is full of tenaka, that is ghata, like dvipadī.
(408)
[28. Cakravāla]
That which is sung with repetition, taking the last pada (textual-cum-
melodic unit of the preceding sub-section), being bedecked with the state
of yamaka, is said to be cakravāla.25
(409)
[29. Tripadī or Şaţpadī]
Performed with any of the tālas and (rendered) exclusively with birudas,
that which is sung in a two-fold way....?
(410)
[30. Bandhakarana]
That which is sung by the gandharvas ^{26} in karana tāla, with svaras coupled with
the akṣaras (syllables) of muraja (drum-variety), isagain, known as bandhakarana?7
(411)
[31. Pāṭakaraṇa]
<sup>٠</sup>
The karaṇa (prabandha) named pāṭa is composed of pāṭas (syllables) of the
hands<sup>28</sup> (on a drum)
(412)
[32. Kaivāţa]
That which is sung properly with pāṭas alone, should be known by the
gandharvas as kaivāṭa, combined with tāla.
(413)