Anushtubh — The Universal Sanskrit Meter
Chandas Shastra (Pingala) · 2 · Verse 3
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Sanskrit Original
अनुष्टुप् द्वात्रिंशत् अक्षराणि — चतुष्पादम्। अष्टाष्टाष्टाष्ट पादचतुष्टयम्। श्लोकः अनुष्टुप् — महाभारतस्य, रामायणस्य छन्दः॥
anuṣṭup dvātriṃśat akṣarāṇi — catuṣpādam | aṣṭāṣṭāṣṭāṣṭa pādacatuṣṭayam | ślokaḥ anuṣṭup — mahābhāratatasya, rāmāyaṇasya chandaḥ ||
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Anuṣṭubh has 32 syllables in four pādas of 8 each. In its classical form it is the Śloka — the universal meter of Sanskrit epic poetry. The entire Mahābhārata (100,000 ślokas) and Rāmāyaṇa (24,000 ślokas) are in Anuṣṭubh. The most commonly used Sanskrit meter in history.