takkakaiśika technical_term

¹³⁷ TRANSLATION Sauvīrī should be known as the first one, vega-madhyamā the second, sādhāritā is the third one and gāndhārī the fourth. Thus should be known the four bhāṣās born of sauvīraka. (30c-31) Suddhabhinnā, vārāṭī, similarly dhaivatabhūṣitā and then viśālā are said to be born of bhinnapañcama. (32) The bhāṣā called māṅgalī is born of boṭṭa-rāga. In mālavapañcama is born bhāvinī, the one that is beautiful for the people. (33) Mālavā (and) bhinnavālikā should be known to be born of ṭakkakaiśika, and drāvidī is the third bhāṣā there that is described with characteristics (lakṣaṇas). (34) The two known as bāhyaṣāḍavā and nādākhyā are born in vesaraṣāḍava. Tānodbhavā should be known as being assigned to bhinnatāna. (35) In gāndhārapañcama, gāndhārikā is the one bhāṣā that is accepted. Gāndhārī is with profuse gāndhāra and is delightful to the people in pañcama (gāndhārapañcama). In revagupta¹³ (?) śakākhyā is the one spoken of in pañcamaṣāḍava. (36) Thus are obvious the bhāṣās that are born in manifold ways. Now listen to their description alongwith illustration for each one. (37) [The description of bhāṣās] [1. Bhāṣās in ṭakka-rāga] It has madhyama as its aṁśa, şadja as its concluding note, is devoid of pañcama and there is to be seen here again and again the mutual movement¹⁴ of dhaivata-niṣāda and similarly ṣaḍja - dhaivata. This should be known as hexatonic. Travaņā should bear the name mūlā. (38-39)