There follow some samples of mātrā tables (4 - 16 mātrā), the first one is important as it lists the shapes that are found in the gaṇacchandas metres (some other shapes are identified in the tables which follow).
4 Mātrā
The only other gaṇa-s that occur in the gaṇacchandas metres is at the 6th gaṇa of a line, which sometimes is a single laghu (⏑); and in the last gaṇa where a single guru (−) is usually found.