anugīti

feet and belonging to the class called gaṇacchandas or gaṇavṛtta

qq. vv. It consists of a couplet of two verses with twenty-

seven syllables in the first, and with thirty-two syllables

in the second verse; it is measured by feet, denominated

gaṇa or mātrāgaṇa which are equivalent to two long syllables

or to four short; its odd feet (the first, third, fifth and

seventh) must never be amphibrachys, the sixth foot of

the first verse consists of a single short syllable and that

of the second verse of an Amphibrachys or Proceleusmaticus.

The pause is commonly restricted to the close of the third

foot. If the long verse precede the short one, the metre

is called sugīti. E. anu and gīti (another metre).