[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) › 29\_118 # Shrutabodha 29\_118 English (machine translation) 29\_118 - **Language:** English ### [29\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.29_118) Meaning: "O lotus-faced one rivaling the autumn moon" means she whose lotus-face is a rival, an enemy, to the moon of the autumn season. When, in whichever stanza, the first, the fourth, the seventh, and likewise the syllable preceding the eleventh, that is, the tenth syllable, should be "short," that is, light, (then) that is declared, or taught, by the lords of poets, the greatest of poets, as bhujaṅgaprayāta. Bhujaṅgaprayāta: quarter-verse: 12 syllables; metrical triplets: ya, ya, ya, ya; caesura: 6, 6; u - -, u - -, u - -, u - - || 29 - [Previous: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.29) - [Next: 29\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.29_119) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.29_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.29_118) · Pramāṇa