Viyoginī

Syllables per pāda

10

Kind

Ardhasamavṛtta — the halves differ

Gaṇas

sa sa ja ga / sa bha ra la ga

Odd pādas of 10 syllables, even ones of 11: the two halves are built differently.

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