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'''Shatpadi''' ({{lang|kn|ಷಟ್ಪದಿ}} {{IAST|''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 matra (beats) in each line. It was most efficiently employed by the great medieval Kannada poets such as Raghavanka, 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 (c.1425), ''Torave Ramayana'' by Kumara Valmiki (c.1500), ''Nalacharite'' by 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 (16th century) and ''Bhavachintaratna'' by Gubbiya Mallanarya (c.1513) {{Reflist|1}}
==See also== *Trochee *Anapaest *Dactyl *Systems of scansion
==References== Category:Indian poetics Category:Literature of Karnataka es:Pentámetro yámbico fr:Pentamètre iambique it:Pentametro giambico pl:Pentametr jambiczny pt:Pentâmetro iâmbico