[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\_77 # Shrutabodha 18\_77 English (machine translation) 18\_77 - **Language:** English ### [18\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_77) Meaning: O conch-necked woman! She whose neck is like a conch-shell, in that vocative, O conch-necked woman, O conch-throated woman. Where—in which verse, the sixth syllable—the sixth phoneme, just so—in this very manner, the next after the eighth—the ninth, becomes light—short, O slender-limbed woman—O delicate-limbed woman. \[And likewise,\] caesura—a pause should occur at \[the interval of\] the four Vedas and the seven horses, those versed in metrics call that the metre named śālinī. Śālinī: 11 syllables per quarter-verse; metrical triplets: ma, ta, ta, heavy, heavy; caesura at 4, 7; — — —, — — ᴗ, — — ᴗ, —, —. (17) - [Previous: 18\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_76) - [Next: 18\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_78) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_77) · Pramāṇa