The material in this section was originally concerned with the prosody of the Pàëi texts. The first work prepared here was An Outline of the Metres in the Pàëi Canon, which seeks to give a summary of the metres found in the Pàëi Canon, within a reasonably short compass, together with sufficient examples drawn from the Canonical texts to illustrate the metres. Although this work is mainly a summary of what is so far understood about the metres in the Canon, it also presents the results of my own research in this area.

A second work, which seeks to substantiate some of these findings in regard to the earliest metrical material in the texts in detail, is presented in Pàràyanavagga - A Study of its Metre, which analyses one of the earliest texts in the Canon, to ascertain the usage at that stage in the development of the metres.

There is now new material relating to the Medieval Pàëi period, the first of these texts is Examples of Classical Metres from Mahàvaüsa, which I assembled in order to illustrate the various Classical Metres that are presented in the medieval prosody Vuttodaya, a text and translation of which is presently being prepared. A second set of texts has now been added, which analyse and illustrate Ven. Buddhadatta's prosody as used in his verse summaries and commentaries written in the early Medieval period. All the metres are illustrated, including some which are very rare in the literature.

Also in connection with the Vuttodaya project I have prepared a number of Sanskrit prosodies, the most important of which is a new edition of VÔttaratnàkara, which was the immediate source for Vuttodaya. Also in the Sanskrit section is a transcription of the texts of ørã Piügala's Chandaþèàstra, and ørã Kàëidàsa's ørutabodha, both of which are classic works on Sanskrit prosody.

There are also two reference works available, A Comparative Table of the Metres found in Chandaþèàstra, VÔttaratnàkara, & Vuttodaya; and Metre Tables (Chandaþprasthàra), which gives listings of all the metre names and descriptions I have yet come across.

Recently I have started transcribing a number of summaries and articles dealing with the subject of Indian Prosody from its beginnings in Vedic times, through the Pàëi period, and upto its consummation in the Classical period. I will add more to this section as and when I can get the material prepared.