[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Metrics (prosody)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda) › [Śrutabodha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt) › 18\_25 # Shrutabodha 18\_25 English (machine translation) 18\_25 - **Language:** English ### [18\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_25) Vernacular: O woman whose gait is like that of a swan! A verse whose first half and second half are both like the first half of an āryā metre, O sweet-speaking woman, those who know the science of metrics call that the gīti metre; that is to say, one should know that a verse which has twelve morae in the first and third quarter-verses, and eighteen in the second and fourth quarter-verses, is the gīti metre. (5) - [Previous: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18) - [Next: 18\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_26) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_25) · Pramāṇa