pratitāla technical_term

²¹³ TRANSLATION [9. Dodhaka] Having sung the (first) half, the latter half is comprised of a stretching of svaras. (391) [10. Totaka] [11. Vastu] Where there are pāṭas and tennas 16 and the rest is comprised of a stretching (elaboration) of svaras, that is vastu¹⁷ used in desī gītas as well as in drama. (392) [12. Krauńcapada] Krauñcapada is known to those proficient in gandharva as that which is sung in pratitāla, being comprised of pada and svara. (393) [13. Haṁsapada] Where there is one foot in Sainskṛta and the second (foot) is composed in a regional (language) (and) which is sung with rhyme, that song is known as hamsapada. (394) [14. Śukasārika] That which is combined with tāla (and) pada, bedecked with pada (and) pāṭa (and) comprised of question and answer, is said to be śukaśārika. 19. (395) That which is composed in the Karnāta language or is mixed (with other languages) (and) is comprised of pada (text) embodying dialogue, is śukasārika. (396)