[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\_78 # Shrutabodha 18\_78 English (machine translation) 18\_78 - **Language:** English ### [18\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_78) Vernacular: O woman with a neck like a conch! O slender-bodied woman! In which metre the sixth and the next after the eighth, that is, the ninth syllable is light, and there is a pause at the fourth and seventh syllables, the knowers of metrics call it the śālinī metre. (17) - [Previous: 18\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_77) - [Next: 18\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_79) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_78) · Pramāṇa