[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\_48 # Shrutabodha 18\_48 English (machine translation) 18\_48 - **Language:** English ### [18\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_48) Meaning: \[In which syllabic metre\] everywhere, that is, in the four quarter-verses, the fifth syllable is light, that is, not heavy; \[and\] in the second and fourth, that is, in the second and fourth quarter-verses, the seventh syllable is light, that is, not heavy; one should know, that is, understand, the sixth everywhere, that is, the syllable of that number, as heavy, that is, long: this, that is, this, is the definition, that is, the nature, of the padya metre, that is, the metre named that. Padya: syllables in a quarter-verse: 8; there is no rule of metrical triplets. (11) - [Previous: 18\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_47) - [Next: 18\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_49) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_48) · Pramāṇa