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There follow some samples of màtrà tables (4 - 16 màtrà), the first one is important as it lists the shapes that are found in the gaõacchandas metres (some other shapes are identified in the tables which follow).

 

4 Màtrà

  1. ÜÜ   (sarvaguru)
  2. ÛÛÜ   (sagaõa)
  3. ÛÜÛ   (jagaõa)
  4. ÜÛÛ   (bhagaõa)
  5. ÛÛÛÛ   (sarvalaghu)

The only other gaõa-s that occur in the gaõacchandas metres is at the 6th gaõa of a line, which sometimes is a single laghu (Û); and in the last gaõa where a single guru (Ü) is usually found.

 

last updated: October 2005