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@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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