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# Shrutabodha 18\_43

English (machine translation) 18\_43

- **Language:** English

### [18\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_43)

The class of eight syllables: anuṣṭubh and other metres.  
In a verse, the sixth should be known as heavy everywhere, the fifth light;  
the seventh short in the second and fourth quarter-verses, \[and\] long in the other two. (10)

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