Dodhaka

Syllables per pāda

11

Kind

Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike

Gaṇas

bha bha bha ga ga

Four pādas of 11 syllables; all four are built alike.

Pattern

How to read the marks

• ⏑Laghu — a light syllableOne beat. Said short and lightly.
• –Guru — a heavy syllableTwo beats: held exactly twice as long as a light one. In the line it also carries a faint tint.
• Pāda boundaryA stanza falls into four quarters — pādas. The boundary is a short stop, as at the end of a line.
• Yati — caesuraWhere the breath falls inside a long pāda. A shorter, fainter rule.

Example