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# Shrutabodha 18\_41

English (machine translation) 18\_41

- **Language:** English

### [18\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_41)

Meaning: O young woman, that is, one in fresh youth! If, that is, should it be; where, that is, in which syllabic metre; the fourth, that is, fourth, \[and\] the fifth syllable should be light, that is, short; \[then,\] O deer-eyed one, that is, one with restless eyes! That, this metre named madalekhā; is called, that is, stated, by the wise, that is, scholars. Syllables in a quarter-verse of madalekhā: 7; triplets: ma, sa, guru: – – –, ᴗ ᴗ –, –. (9)

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