[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\_168 # Shrutabodha 46\_168 English (machine translation) 46\_168 - **Language:** English ### [46\_168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46_168) The sragdharā metre. Where the first four syllables are not light, and also the sixth and seventh; / likewise the two before the sixteenth, O woman delighted with musk, the two after the sixteenth, and the final two; / if a caesura is observed at the sages, the sages, and the sages, / O maiden, O woman of graceful limbs, that celebrated \[metre\] is proclaimed by venerable prince-poets as sragdharā. 43. - [Previous: 46\_167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46_167) - [Next: 46\_169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46_169) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46_168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46_168) · Pramāṇa