What is asamīcīna in the following anuṣṭubh ?

[drdhaval2785]

This is more of a question than a feature request.

दर्पकः शूर्पकारातिरनङ्गो विषमायुधः । आत्मभूर्मनसिशयः पुष्पधन्वा मनोभवः ॥ ३३ ॥

glgglggl    {m: 13}    [8: rrgl]
lggllglg    {m: 12}    [8: yslg]
glgllllg    {m: 11}    [8: rnlg]
glgglglg    {m: 13}    [8: rrlg]

    da   rpa   kaḥ    śū   rpa    kā    rā    ti
     g     l     g     g     l     g     g     l
    ra    na   ṅgo    vi    ṣa    mā    yu  dhaḥ
     l     g     g     l     l     g     l     g
     ā   tma   bhū   rma    na    si    śa   yaḥ
     g     l     g     l     l     l     l     g
    pu   ṣpa   dha   nvā    ma    no   bha   vaḥ
     g     l     g     g     l     g     l     g

anuṣṭubh (1,2: pathyā, 3,4: asamīcīna)

@tylergneill Kindly let me know what is the reason for the tag asamīcīna in the 3/4 line?

https://sanskritmetres.appspot.com/identify seems to throw no errors in this case.

[tylergneill]

The regex not matched is given in meter_patterns.py, if you're curious to see it that way.

Or in words: The second half of this verse this would almost seem to be a na-vipulā, with the laghu-laghu-laghu in syllables 5–7 of pāda c, but it does not meet the further necessary condition for it, which is that syllables 2-4 of that same pāda be a ra-gaṇa, i.e., guru-laghu-guru. (Whether a ya- or ma-gaṇa would also suffice is something I'm looking into to.) I'll be adding clearer references to the academic resources on which skrutable's meter identification is based (Apte 1890, Hahn 2014, and possibly also Murthy 2003), and I will add to the list of desired improvements that the program explicitly tell the user this level of detail.

I think Shreevatsa would do well to also add this important level of detail to his own tool. His implementation already tends to do admirably well at showing discrepancies relative to a set pattern, so I think he will have no problem, if he is interested.

[gasyoun]

clearer references to the academic resources on which skrutable's meter identification is based (Apte 1890, Hahn 2014

That would be great.

I think Shreevatsa would do well to also add this important level of detail to his own tool.

Has not he adondoned it?

[tylergneill]

Has not he [abandoned] it?

Not officially, no, because it's still up. But I do think you're right that he's not interested in developing it further.