[INDOLOGY] Sanskrit meter

[Tyler Neill]

Sam and all,

I think AI does a good job at giving the overall answer for single verses
in common meters without imperfections, but it's not reliable for finer
detail in the event of imperfections, or for large numbers of verses, or
for rarer meters like the one given. Both deterministic systems  and AI can
be useful, depending on what one needs. As we see here, though, rare meters
can require more digging in any event. Thanks, Roland.

As for deterministic systems, yes, my own
skrutable.info is the most advanced and actively supported at the moment.
Shreevatsa's sanskritmetres.appspot.com is unchanged since 2018 and no
longer supported, but I agree it's worth checking. Finally,
Hrishikeh's Chandojñānam
at
sanskrit.iitk.ac.in/jnanasangraha/chanda is also excellent, but it's been
down for a few weeks/months because of university server issues.

If folks have strong opinions that Skrutable should also cover the long
tail of rare meters, let me know, I could at least add it as an option.

Kind wishes,
Tyler


---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Samuel Grimes <grimessm at gmail.com>
> To: steiner at staff.uni-marburg.de
> Cc: Patrick Olivelle <jpo at austin.utexas.edu>, INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info>
> Bcc:
> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:41:28 -0400
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Sanskrit meter
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> यावत्तत्त्वं न भवति हि दृष्टं श्रुतं वा
>>
>>               तावच्छ्रद्धा न भवति बलस्था स्थिरा वा ।
>>
>> दृष्टे तत्त्वे नियमपरिभूतेन्द्रियस्य
>>
>>                   श्रद्धावृक्षो भवति सफलश्चाश्रयश्च ॥
>>
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