# Shatpadi

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'''Shatpadi''' ({{lang|kn|ಷಟ್ಪದಿ}} {{IAST|''Shatpadi''}}) is a native meter in [Kannada prosody](/source/Kannada_meter_(poetry)) that has been used extensively in [Kannada poetry](/source/Kannada_poetry). It meter can usually have six [pada](/source/Pada_(foot))s of syllables, divided into groups of various fixed number of [matra](/source/matra_(music)) (beats) in each [line](/source/Pada_(foot)). It was most efficiently employed by the great medieval Kannada poets such as [Raghavanka](/source/Raghavanka), [Kumaravyasa](/source/Kumaravyasa) 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](/source/Chamarasa) (c.1425), ''Torave Ramayana'' by Kumara Valmiki (c.1500), ''Nalacharite'' by [Kanakadasa](/source/Kanakadasa) (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](/source/Lakshmisa) (16th century) and ''Bhavachintaratna'' by Gubbiya Mallanarya (c.1513)
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==See also==
*[Trochee](/source/Trochee)
*[Anapaest](/source/Anapaest)
*[Dactyl](/source/Dactyl_(poetry))
*[Systems of scansion](/source/Systems_of_scansion)

==References==
Category:Indian poetics
Category:Literature of Karnataka
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