# Tripadi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tripadi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tripadi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripadi > Source revision: 1090169196 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}} '''Tripadi''' ([Kannada](/source/Kannada), lit. ''tri'': three, ''pad'' or "adi": feet) is a native [metre](/source/Meter_(poetry)) in the [Kannada language](/source/Kannada_language) dating back to c. 700 CE. ==Definition== The ''tripadi'' consists of three lines, each differing from the others in the number of [feet](/source/Foot_(prosody)) and [mora](/source/Mora_(linguistics))s ([Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit) ''matras''),{{Harvnb|Kittel|1875|p=98}}, {{Harvnb|Narasimhia|1941|p=383}} but in accordance with the following rules: *The first line has 4 feet, each with 5 moras, and a [caesura](/source/caesura) at the end of the second foot. *The 6th and 10th [feet](/source/Foot_(prosody)) of the ''tripadi'' are each required to have the [metrical pattern](/source/Meter_(poetry)) of a ''[Brahma](/source/Brahma)'' foot: -\smile \ \mathrm{or} \ \smile\smile\smile \ \mathrm{or} \ -- \ \mathrm{or} \ \smile\smile- \ \ where \smile ([breve](/source/breve)) denotes a short syllable, and - ([macron](/source/Macron_(diacritic))) a long one. *The remaining feet have either 5 moras or 4, chosen to satisfy the rules of [Nagavarma II](/source/Nagavarma_II): '''Line 1''' 20 moras in four feet
'''Line 2''' 17 moras in four feet
'''Line 3''' 13 moras in three feet. *There is [alliteration](/source/alliteration) of the second letter of each line. ==Metrical structure== An example, of a possible [scansion](/source/scansion) (metrical structure) of a tripadi, is given in {{Harv|Kittel|1875|p=98}}, where it is also stressed that it is ''not'' the form of the moras, but the ''number'' that is important. (Here * denotes a [caesura](/source/caesura)) \overbrace{\smile \smile \smile-}^{\mathrm{Foot 1}} | \overbrace{\smile\smile\smile-}^{\mathrm{Foot 2}} \star \overbrace{\smile\smile\smile-}^{\mathrm{Foot 3}} | \overbrace{-\smile-}^{\mathrm{Foot 4}} (Line 1: 20 [mora](/source/Mora_(linguistics))s in 4 feet) \overbrace{\smile \smile \smile\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 5}} | \overbrace{\underbrace{--}_{\mathrm{Brahma}}}^{\mathrm{Foot VI}} | \overbrace{\smile\smile\smile-}^{\mathrm{Foot 7}} | \overbrace{\smile\smile\smile\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 8}} (Line 2: 17 [mora](/source/Mora_(linguistics))s in 4 feet) \overbrace{\smile \smile \smile\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 9}} | \overbrace{\underbrace{--}_{\mathrm{Brahma}}}^{\mathrm{Foot X}} | \overbrace{\smile\smile\smile-}^{\mathrm{Foot 11}} || (Line 3: 13 [mora](/source/Mora_(linguistics))s in 3 feet) Another example {{Harv|Kittel|1875|p=99}} is: \overbrace{\smile \smile-\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 1}} | \overbrace{--\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 2}} \star \overbrace{\smile\smile-\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 3}} | \overbrace{-\smile-}^{\mathrm{Foot 4}} (Line 1: 20 [mora](/source/Mora_(linguistics))s in 4 feet) \overbrace{\smile \smile \smile\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 5}} | \overbrace{\underbrace{-\smile}_{\mathrm{Brahma}}}^{\mathrm{Foot VI}} | \overbrace{\smile\smile-\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 7}} | \overbrace{-\smile\smile\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 8}} (Line 2: 17 [mora](/source/Mora_(linguistics))s in 4 feet) \overbrace{\smile \smile -\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 9}} | \overbrace{\underbrace{-\smile}_{\mathrm{Brahma}}}^{\mathrm{Foot X}} | \overbrace{\smile\smile\smile-}^{\mathrm{Foot 11}} || (Line 3: 13 [mora](/source/Mora_(linguistics))s in 3 feet) ==Example== A well-known example of the ''tripadi'' is the third stanza in the inscription of [Kappe Arabhatta](/source/Kappe_Arabhatta) (here the symbol '''|''' denotes the end of a line, and '''||''', the end of the tripadi): {{quotation|Sādhuge1a Sādhu1b mādhuryange1c mādhuryam1d '''|'''
bādhippa1e kalige2a kaliyuga2b viparītan2b '''|'''
mādhavan2c ītan2d pe''r''an2e alla2f '''||'''}} The literal translation of the tripadi is:{{Harvnb|Narasimhia|1941|pp=346, 329, 323, 295, 286, 320, 278}} {{quotation|To the good people,1a good;1b to the sweet,1c sweetness;1d '''|'''
causing distress1e to the kali age,2a an exceptional man in ''Kaliyuga'',2b '''|'''
[Madhava](/source/Madhava_(Vishnu)) (or [Vishnu](/source/Vishnu))2c this man,2d another2e is not2f'''||'''}} ==See also== *[Kannada language](/source/Kannada_language) *[Kannada literature](/source/Kannada_literature) *[Kannada meter (poetry)](/source/Kannada_meter_(poetry)) ==Notes== {{Reflist|30em}} ==References== *{{Citation | last = Kittel | first = Ferdinand | authorlink = Ferdinand Kittel | title = Nāgavarma's Canarese Prosody | year = 1875 | publisher = Mangalore: Basel Mission Book and Tract Depository. Pp. 104. (Reprinted, (1988) New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. Pp. 160)|isbn = 81-206-0367-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=75FVAV4ge6EC}} *{{Citation| last = Narasimhia | first = A. N. | title = A Grammar of the Oldest Kanarese Inscriptions (including a study of the Sanskrit and Prakrit loan words | year = 1941 | publisher = Originally published: Mysore: University of Mysore. Pp. 375. Reprinted in 2007: Read Books. Pp. 416 |isbn = 1-4067-6568-6 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LvkODkXF2-AC}} Category:Kannada literature Category:Kannada grammar Category:Literature of Karnataka --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tripadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripadi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripadi?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.