Lengths

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"

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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