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Most Ardhasamvtta metres, however, do not in fact have the same amount of syllables in each line, but consist of 10 & 11 syllables, 11 & 12 syllables, and so on, which are then repeated to make up the verse.

By extending the method given above we can include them here, so for instance, the following Ardhasamvtta metres have been found in the prosodies consulted:

from the 10 & 11 syllablic Ardhasamvtta table:

352,431. −⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−¦¦−−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−   Bhadravirāj (ChŚā, VR) Bhaddavirāja (Vutt)
448,732. ⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑⏑−−¦¦−⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑⏑−−   Vegavatī (ChŚā, VR) Vegavatī (Vutt)
481,516. ⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−¦¦−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−   Ketumatī (ChŚā, VR, Vutt)
707,932. ⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑⏑−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−   Lalitā (VR fn), Sundarī (VR fn)

from the 11 & 12 syllablic Ardhasamvtta table:

1,800,631. −⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑⏑−−¦¦⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑⏑−−   Drutamadhyā (ChŚā, VR), Dutamajjhā (Vutt)

2,996,956. ⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑−   Hariṇaplutā (ChŚā, VR, Vutt)

2,849,472. ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−   Aparavaktra (ChŚā, VR), Aparavatta (Vutt)

from the 12 & 13 syllablic Ardhasamvtta table:

5,593,771. −⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑¦¦⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑−−   Yavamatī (ChŚā, VR, Vutt)

5,698,240. ⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−¦¦⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−   Puṣpitāgrā (ChŚā, VR), Pupphitaggā (Vutt)

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