Shatpadi ( ) is a native meter in
Kannada prosody that has been used extensively in
Kannada poetry. It meter can usually have six
padas of syllables, divided into groups of various fixed number of
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(beats) in each
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. It was most efficiently employed by the great medieval Kannada poets such as
Raghavanka
Raghavanka ( kn, ರಾಘವಾಂಕ) was a noted Kannada writer and a poet in the Hoysala empire, Hoysala court who flourished in the late 12th to early 13th century. Raghavanka is credited for popularizing the use of the native ''shatpadi' ...
,
Kumaravyasa
Narayanappa ( kn, ನಾರಾಯಣಪ್ಪ), known by his pen name Kumara Vyasa ( kn, ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸ), was an influential and classical Vaishnava poet of early 15th century in the Kannada language. His pen name is a tribute ...
and Lakshmeesha.
# Shara Shatpadi: None
# Kusuma Shatpadi: None
# Bhoga Shatpadi: ''Tirukana Kanasu'' by Shadaksharadeva (Muppina Shadakshari)
# Bhamini Shatpadi: ''Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari'' by Kumaravyasa (c.1425), ''Prabhulingleele'' by
Chamarasa (c.1425), ''Torave Ramayana'' by Kumara Valmiki (c.1500), ''Nalacharite'' by
Kanakadasa
Kanaka Dasa (1509–1609) was a Haridasa saint and philosopher, popularly called Daasashreshta Kanakadasa (ದಾಸಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಕನಕದಾಸ). He was a renowned composer of Carnatic music, poet, reformer and musician. He is k ...
(16th century)
# Parivardhini Shatpadi: 'ಬಡೆಕೊಳ್ಳ ಮಠದ ಶಿವಯೋಗಿ ಶ್ರೀ ನಾಗೇಂದ್ರ ಮಹಾಸ್ವಾಮಿಗಳವರ ಚರಿತ್ರೆ' - ಮಹಾ ಕಾವ್ಯ. ರಚನೆ - ಶ್ರೀಶೈಲಪ್ಪ ಕಳಸದ. ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ. ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆ - ೨೦೨೦ ( 'Badekolla Mathad Shivayogi Shri Nagendra Mahaswamigalavar Charitre' - Maha Kavya. - by ShriShailappa Kalasad, Belagavi, Karnataka. Published in 2020)
# Vardhaka Shatpadi: ''Harishchandra Kavya'', ''Siddarama Charite'' and ''Somanatha Charite'' by Raghavanka (12th century), ''Jaimini Bharata'' by
Lakshmisha
Lakshmisa (or Lakshmisha, kn, ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಶ) was a noted Kannada language writer who lived during the mid-16th or late 17th century. His most important writing, ''Jaimini Bharata'' is a version of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The writi ...
(16th century) and ''Bhavachintaratna'' by Gubbiya Mallanarya (c.1513)
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See also
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Trochee
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Anapaest
An anapaest (; also spelled anapæst or anapest, also called antidactylus) is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. In classical quantitative meters it consists of two short syllables followed by a long one; in accentual stress meters it consis ...
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Dactyl
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Systems of scansion
Scansion ( , rhymes with ''mansion''; verb: ''to scan''), or a system of scansion, is the method or practice of determining and (usually) graphically representing the metrical pattern of a line of verse. In classical poetry, these patterns are ...
References
Indian poetics
Literature of Karnataka
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