[INDOLOGY] Sanskrit meter

[Samuel Grimes]

Claude can identify meters with ease, for better or worse.

On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM Roland Steiner via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Patrick,
>
> The metre (samacatuṣpadī) is called Śarabhā (definiton: Nāṭyaśāstra ⁅ed.
> Baroda] 15.91) and has the structure ma bha na ta ga ga .
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Roland
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> Am Samstag, 18. Juli 2026 19:33 CEST, schrieb Patrick Olivelle via
> INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>:
>
>
>
> Thank you all for sending me the links. They proved very useful.
>
>
> There is, however, one verse in Aśvaghoṣa’s Saundarananda, 12.43, which is
> not recognized by any of the apps you mentioned. I give it below. If any of
> you can identify the meter, I’d be mighty grateful.
>
>
> Patrick
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> यावत्तत्त्वं न भवति हि दृष्टं श्रुतं वा
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>               तावच्छ्रद्धा न भवति बलस्था स्थिरा वा ।
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> दृष्टे तत्त्वे नियमपरिभूतेन्द्रियस्य
>
>                   श्रद्धावृक्षो भवति सफलश्चाश्रयश्च ॥
>
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