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accent Aggavamsa alternative anceps ancient Apabhramśa aparavatta appears Ardhamāgadhi ariyā Aśvaghoşa Bhagavant Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit cadence caesura century B.C. chandas Chapter classical metres Classical Sanskrit conjunct consonant corruption dialect Epic fixed fourth gana gana ganacchandas gaņas gāthā gīti historical hypermetre ictus Indian metrics initial Jacobi Jātaka jāti language later lengthened literature Magadhi Mahābhārata mattā mattāchandas medieval metres metrical licence Mettasutta Middle Indian musical metres nasal niggahīta normal noted number and quantity Oldenberg opacchandasaka opening origin orthography pada padayuga Pali Canon Pali literature Pali texts pathyā perhaps period phoneme Pingala poems posterior pāda Prakrit prior pāda probably pupphitaggā Rāmāyana rathoddhatā rhythm rhythmic rules sandhi seems semivowel short syllables stress strophe strophe structure sutta svāgatā svarabhakti syncopated tāla technique theory Theravāda tion tradition transition tristubh tutthubha upajāti Upālisutta Upaniṣads usage variations vatta Vedic vegavatī verses vetālīya vipulā vowel whilst words