there is a
danger that all vRRitta chandaHs are identified a mAtrA chandaHs. In the shivatANDavastotram here.
aAyA
gFEt. which are exactly identical. each of these feet of 16 syllables can further be divided into
two parts. Even after this
one looks for an irregular viShamavRRitta.com
Last updated January 23. We break into two
the above scheme as follows:
LGL — GLG — LG + LGL — GLG — LG
This well-known metre is know as pa ncacAmara .
The last shloka is not in
each half verse. as described in chandoma njarI by GangAdAsa. 2011
http://sanskritdocuments. The procedure
to identify a metre is that one first observes if there is a uniform pattern of
laghu-guru syllables in all the four feet of a verse. It has been broken at the pause for
Please send corrections to sanskrit@cheerful. one still looks for a pattern for an ardhasamavRRitt. each with 8 syllables. Consequently.
Interestingly.and one wrongly identifies it as a mAtrA chandaH. If no uniform pattern is
visible. Only after this one tests the verse
for a mAtrA chandaH. each foot contains 16
syllables (akSharas) according to the following laghu-guru (L-G) scheme:
LGL — GLG — LGL — GLG — LGL — G = 16 syllables.org
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