Ghata is a musical form where one-half is full of tenaka, and it is likened to dvipadī
"Where one-half is full of tenaka, that is ghata, like dvipadī."
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]
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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)