Book, Hymn, Verse

 1 AppII        |             at the end of the second Pada, and so forming two hemistichs
 2 AppII        |           the first Syllables of the Pada are not subject to very
 3 AppII        |           the Usnih class: the first Pada containing five syllables,
 4 AppII        |           Anustup, having the second Pada shorter than the first and
 5 AppII        |        Trstup consisting of a single Pada or quarter stanza.~Ekapada
 6 AppII        |         Viraj consisting of a single Pada.~Gayatri: the stanza usually
 7 AppII        |     Madhyejyotis: a metre in which a Pada of eight syllables stands
 8 AppII        |          syllable is wanting in each Pada: 7+3=21 syllables.~Padapankti:
 9 AppII        |           Anustup with an additional Pada.~Panktyuttara: a metre which
10 AppII        | Pipilikamadhya: any metre the middle Pada of which is shorter than
11 AppII        |        twelve syllables in the first Pada.~Pura-usnih: a metre of
12 AppII        |              Tristup stanza the last Pada of which contains only eight
13 AppII        |              a metre having a longer Pada between two shorter ones.~ ~