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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 :
|
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 |