Anuṣṭubh
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- In Vedic texts
- In Classical Sanskrit: the ''śloka''
- References
- Bibliography
- See also
' (, ) is a metre and a metrical unit, found in both Vedic and Classical Sanskrit poetry, but with significant differences.
By origin, an anuṣṭubh' stanza is a quatrain of four lines. Each line, called a pāda (lit. "foot"), has eight syllables.