Natyashastra

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नियताक्षरसम्बद्धं छन्दोयतिसमन्वितम् । निबद्धं तु पदं ज्ञेयं सतालपतनाक्षरम् ॥ ३१॥

sanskrit

That which is connected with a fixed number of syllables, furnished with metre and proper caesura (yati), and whose syllables fall in accordance with a time-measure (tāla), is to be known as a regularly composed (nibaddha) Pada.

english translation

niyatAkSarasambaddhaM chandoyatisamanvitam । nibaddhaM tu padaM jJeyaM satAlapatanAkSaram ॥ 31॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/natyashastra/32/31

नियताक्षरसम्बद्धं छन्दोयतिसमन्वितम् । निबद्धं तु पदं ज्ञेयं सतालपतनाक्षरम् ॥ ३१॥

sanskrit

That which is connected with a fixed number of syllables, furnished with metre and proper caesura (yati), and whose syllables fall in accordance with a time-measure (tāla), is to be known as a regularly composed (nibaddha) Pada.

english translation

niyatAkSarasambaddhaM chandoyatisamanvitam । nibaddhaM tu padaM jJeyaM satAlapatanAkSaram ॥ 31॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript