[Advaita-l] What metre is this Sanskrit verse?

[Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian]

On 10/20/05, V. Krishnamurthy <profvk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Namaste all.
>
> A simple question on metre. Can some one help?
>
> What metre is the following familiar Sanskrit shloka?:
>
> yatra yatra raghunAtha-kIrtanaM
> tatra tatra kRRitamastakAnjaliM /
> bAshhpa-vAri-paripUrNa-locanaM
> mArutiM namata rAkshhasAntakaM //

rathoddhataa:

DA Da DA,  Da Da Da, DA Da DA, Da DA per pAda as per your notation,
but I prefer the notation ragaNa, nagana, ragaNa, laghu, guru. Its
easier to remember.

> An allied question:
>
> What are the other metres with 11 syllables for each
> quarter? I know 'Indra-vajra'  each quarter of which goes
> like:

All triShTup meters have 11 syllables per paada. Seven of the common
triShTup meters that I am aware of are :

indravajraa, upendravajraa, upajaati.h,  dodhakam, shaalinii,
rathoddhataa and svaagataa.

Rama