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Consider the following literary genre of Rajasthani literature - "This is a metric verse (chhand) of…

'Jhamal' is a 6-line metric verse (chhand) of Rajasthani Dingal poetry composed of a Doha (2 lines) followed by 4 lines of Chandrayana, in which the last line of the Doha is…

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Consider the following literary genre of Rajasthani literature -
"This is a metric verse (chhand) of Rajasthani poetry. In this, first a full couplet (doha) is recited, and then the last line of the couplet is repeated in the fifth line."
Which genre of Rajasthani literature does the above statement describe?

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'Jhamal' is a 6-line metric verse (chhand) of Rajasthani Dingal poetry composed of a Doha (2 lines) followed by 4 lines of Chandrayana, in which the last line of the Doha is repeated as the fifth line.

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