[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) › 46\_159 # Shrutabodha 46\_159 English (machine translation) 46\_159 - **Language:** English ### [46\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46_159) Vernacular gloss: O lotus-eyed one! O woman naturally delicate of limb! O beautiful-hipped one! O beautiful one! If the initial syllable is short, and after it the five syllables are long, and after the sixth the five syllables, as well as the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth, are light, and in which there is a caesura at the 6th and 11th syllables, that is called the śikhariṇī metre. || 40 - [Previous: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46) - [Next: 46\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46_160) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46_159) · Pramāṇa