[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) › 38\_155 # Shrutabodha 38\_155 English (machine translation) 38\_155 - **Language:** English ### [38\_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.38_155) Syntax: O lovely-faced one (sumukhi)! In which \[metre\] the first five \[syllables\] (prācyāḥ pañca varṇāḥ) should be light (laghavaḥ syuḥ), thereafter the one next to the tenth (tataḥ daśamāntikaṃ), then the thirteenth and fourteenth syllables (tadanu tricaturdaśau varṇau) should be \[light\] (laghū syātām); O sweet-speaking one (lalitālāpe)! Again the penultimate \[syllable should be light\] (punaḥ upāntyaḥ varṇaḥ laghuḥ syāt); O woman with gleaming bracelets on your hands (sphuratkarakaṅkaṇe)! Caesura also \[should be\] (yatiḥ api syāt) by the flavours, Vedas, and horses (rasaiḥ vedaiḥ aśvaiḥ); that is remembered as the hariṇī \[metre\] (sā hariṇī iti smṛtā). || 31 \[39\] - [Previous: 38\_154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.38_154) - [Next: 38\_156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.38_156) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.38_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.38_155) · Pramāṇa