Atharva Veda 19.21.1: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 1

Sukta 21

छन्दांसि। गा॒य॒त्र्यु॑१ष्णिग॑नु॒ष्टुब् बृ॑ह॒ती प॒ङ्क्तिस्त्रि॒ष्टुब् जग॑त्यै

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.21.1

chándāṃsi | gāyatrī́ uṣṇík anuṣṭúb bṛhatī́ paṅktís triṣṭúb jágatī́ íti

The metres: Gāyatrī, Uṣṇih, Anuṣṭubh, Bṛhatī, Paṅkti, Triṣṭubh, Jagatī—thus.

ບົດກະວີ: ຄາຍາຕຣີ, ອຸສະນິຫ, ອະນຸສະຕຸບ, ບຣິຫາຕີ, ປັງຕິ, ຕຣິສະຕຸບ, ຊະຄະຕີ - ເປັນດັ່ງນີ້.

छन्दांसिmeters (Vedic poetic metres)
छन्दांसि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootछन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
गायत्रीGāyatrī (metre)
गायत्री:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
उष्णिक्Uṣṇik (metre)
उष्णिक्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउष्णिक् (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुष्टुप्Anuṣṭubh (metre)
अनुष्टुप्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअनुष्टुप् (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहतीBṛhatī (metre)
बृहती:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootबृहती (प्रातिपदिक)
पङ्क्तिःPaṅkti (metre)
पङ्क्तिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपङ्क्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
त्रिष्टुप्Triṣṭubh (metre)
त्रिष्टुप्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिष्टुप् (प्रातिपदिक)
जगतीJagatī (metre)
जगती:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजगती (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Notionally Atharvanic/technical (often unattributed in a personal r̥ṣi sense)

Devata: Chandas (the meters personified/collectivized)

Chandas: List-form (not a single meter; meta-liturgical)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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