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Names of classes by length

The Sanskrit prosody tradition groups metres (at least vṛttas) by their length (number of syllables in each pāda). This page contains those names.

Source CPB p. 31 / Chandovallari Appendix 1

#Length,Name
1,ukthā
2,atyukthā
3,madhyā
4,pratiṣṭhā
5,supratiṣṭhā
6,gāyatrī
7,uṣṇih (uṣṇik)
8,anuṣṭubh (anuṣṭup)
9,bṛhatī
10,paṅkti (paṅktiḥ)
11,triṣṭubh (triṣṭup)
12,jagatī
13,atijagatī
14,śarkarī / śakvarī
15,atiśarkarī / atiśakvarī
16,aṣṭī / aṣṭiḥ
17,atyaṣṭī / atyaṣṭiḥ
18,dhṛti (dhṛtiḥ)
19,atidhṛti (atidhṛtiḥ)
20,kṛti (kṛtiḥ)
21,prakṛti (prakṛtiḥ)
22,ākṛti (ākṛtiḥ)
23,vikṛti (vikṛtiḥ)
24,satkṛti / saṃskṛtiḥ
25,atikṛti (atikṛtiḥ)
26,utkṛti (utkṛtiḥ)

27+,daṇḍaka (daṇḍakaḥ): "musical prose"

This can be converted to a table using http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php :

  1. Length
Name
1 ukthā
2 atyukthā
3 madhyā
4 pratiṣṭhā
5 supratiṣṭhā
6 gāyatrī
7 uṣṇih (uṣṇik)
8 anuṣṭubh (anuṣṭup)
9 bṛhatī
10 paṃkti
11 triṣṭubh (triṣṭup)
12 jagatī
13 atijagatī
14 śarkarī
15 atiśarkarī
16 aṣṭī
17 atyaṣṭī
18 dhṛti
19 atidhṛti
20 kṛti
21 prakṛti
22 ākṛti
23 vikṛti
24 satkṛti
25 atikṛti
26 utkṛti
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