Thank you all very much for the clarifications.


My question was not from chhandas standpoint - but simply to understand all the
words in the verse. paadukaa is singular-feminine, hence both lines can be
ekikaa as posted by Sriram.


Somehow, the Sriram's 1st mail with a detailed intro was not in my Inbox, I got
that now from the archives. I am sorry for missing this.

Thanks again.

With best regards,

Ravi


--- In ambaa-l@yahoogroups.com, "rajita_rajvasishth" <rajita_rajvasishth@...>
wrote:
>
> The masculine form should be ekaka-- that is the only form attested to my
knowledge. The feminine form can be ekikA that is attested too as a feminine of
ekaka. So I think I would emend the text to have ekaka with shiva and ekikA with
shakti. I did not check if this hrasva in the former affects chandas.
> Rajita
>