Anustubh

E449945
Sanskrit poetic meter Vedic meter prosodic form

Anustubh is a classical Vedic Sanskrit meter, most notably used in the form of the śloka, the common verse form of much of ancient Indian epic and religious literature.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Anustubh meter 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sanskrit poetic meter ⓘ
Vedic meter ⓘ
prosodic form ⓘ
attestedIn Atharvaveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brahmana texts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upanishads NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yajurveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo chandas (Sanskrit prosody) NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn Chandas-shastra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pingala’s Chandas-sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Anushtubh ⓘ
Anuṣṭubh chandas ⓘ
hasAssociationWith śloka ⓘ
hasCategory syllabic meter ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Buddhist Sanskrit literature ⓘ
Hindu literature ⓘ
Jain Sanskrit literature ⓘ
hasDomain Indo-Aryan poetics ⓘ
Sanskrit prosody ⓘ
hasFunction didactic verse meter ⓘ
liturgical verse meter ⓘ
narrative verse meter ⓘ
hasImportance most common Sanskrit verse meter ⓘ
hasLineCount 4 ⓘ
hasNameInIAST Anuṣṭubh ⓘ
hasOrigin Vedic tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPādaCount 4 ⓘ
hasStressPattern quantitative meter based on syllable length ⓘ
hasStructure 4 pādas of 8 syllables each ⓘ
hasSyllableCountPerLine 8 ⓘ
hasTotalSyllableCount 32 ⓘ
hasVariant Classical śloka ⓘ
Epic śloka ⓘ
isBasisFor classical śloka meter ⓘ
relatedConcept Vedic chandas NERFINISHED ⓘ
śloka meter ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin Vedic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor didactic maxims ⓘ
epic narration ⓘ
philosophical verses ⓘ
religious hymns ⓘ
usedIn Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Indian epic literature ⓘ
ancient Indian religious literature ⓘ
usedInLanguage Classical Sanskrit ⓘ
Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jagati → comparedWith → Anustubh ⓘ
Manusmriti → meter → Anustubh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anustubh meter