File:Shloka Hemistich.jpg

Summary
A table showing the pattern behind a shloka, a verse-line, developed from the anustup meter, which is found both in Vedic and Classical Sanskrit prosody.


 * The "u" is a representation of "laghu" (light), or short syllable
 * The "-" is a representation of "guru" (heavy), or long syllable
 * The "u" with a "_" underneath can be either guru or laghu
 * The "," is a caesura

Based on Macdonell, Arthur A., A Sanskrit Grammar for Students, Appendix II, p. 232(Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 1927).