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One: Scansion and Related Matters
1.17 Symbols
In the descriptions that follow these conventions are used:
⏑ = a light syllable
− = a heavy syllable
⏓ = light or heavy
× = the syllable may be naturally light or heavy, but it is always taken as heavy
⏔ = one heavy or two light syllables
= one light or one heavy or two light syllables
= one light, one heavy & one light, or two heavy syllables
⏓⏑⏒ = two light syllables & one heavy, or one heavy & two light syllables
Sarabhatti vowels are normally written in superscript e.g. ariya
Resolution is indicated by green text and underlining, thus: ⏑⏑
A single vertical line ¦ marks off the main structural segments within a line (the opening, the break, & the cadence). Note that sometimes in the literature on the subject segments and pādayugas are separated by the use of a comma.01
In the metrical markings above the verses in the Siloka metre the pādas (lines) are separated by a double vertical line thus: ¦¦ .
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