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Different people/books' selections of "popular" metres.
Also has some secondary (less popular) metres, marked with . below.
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Śārdūla-vikrīḍita (or affectionately just Śārdūla):
GGGLLGLGLLLG—GGLGGLG -
Mandākrāntā:
GGGG—LLLLLG—GLGGLGG - Sragdharā:
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Indravajrā / Upendravajrā = Upajāti (also called Ākhyānakī according to CPB):
xGLGG-LLGLGG(minor yati at the end of the fifth syllable, sometimes) - Rathoddhatā
- . Svāgata
- . Sālinī
- Vaṃśasthavila
- Drutavilambita
- . Toṭaka
- . Mañjubhāṣiṇī
- . Praharṣiṇī
- Matta-mayūra
- Vasantatilakā
- Mālinī
- Śikhariṇī
- Mandākrāntā
- Hariṇī
- Pṛthvī = Pṛthvībharam (according to CPB)
- . Mahāmalikā or Nārāca or Lalā or Vanamālā
- Carcarī
- . Kroñcapada (leads to Pajjhaṭikā, see later)
- Vaitālīya
- Aupacchandasika
- Puṣpitāgra
- There are entire cantos, in Māgha, Bhāravi and Naiṣadha, that are in ardha-sama-vṛtta metres.
- Aparavaktra
- Pravṛttaca (all of these are varieties of Vaitālīya)
- Odd lines are called Udīcya: metre with 4 of them is Cāruhāsinī; even lines are called prācya: metre with 4 of them is called Aparāntikā.
- Anuṣṭup
- Indravajrā
- Upendravajrā
- Upajātiḥ
- Śālinī
- Rathoddhatā
- Vaṃśasthavilam
- Bhujaṅgaprayātam
- Toṭakam
- Praharṣiṇī
- Vasantatilakam
- Mālinī
- Tuṇakam
- Pañcacāmaram
- Śikhariṇī
- Pṛthvī
- Mandākrāntā
- Śārdūlavikrīḍitam
- Sragdharā