Drāvidailā technical_term

TRANSLATION ²³⁷ [5. Drāvidailā] The elā born in the draviḍa region is adorned with bhāva, abhinaya and tāla, coloured with variegated sounds, devoid ^{85} of prāsa and established in rasa. (472) Thus end the five clās bearing regional names. [The number of Elās] Ganailā has been said to be fourfold, the fifth is of the nature of sankara (mixture); mātrailā has been spoken of with four varieties, by the experts in music. (473) Varņailā has been described as having fourteen varieties, deśailās have been said to be five-fold according to the distinction of region. (474) Altogether these are known to be twenty-eight in number by the experts in the science of music, they are combined with their respective characteristics. (475) [Thus end the varieties of elā] [36. Jhombada] Where half of the (first) foot is sung in repetition and then the second half of the same is sung and there is alliteration between the two, similarly is sung its second foot, in the same way the third foot and where the foot that is the fourth one is sung at the end of each of all the feet, that is called jhombada by the experts in music. (476-478) The tāla named kankāla never obtains in jhombadaka. All other tālas related to desi obtain here. There are varieties of jhombada, adorned with tenaka. (479)