atyaṣṭi

gulated by number and quantity. See aticchandas. It con-

sists of four lines with seventeen syllables to each line and

comprises twelve varieties. (See ¹ śikhariṇī, ² pṛthvī, ³ vaṃ-

śapatrapatita or vaṃśapatra, ⁴ hariṇī, ⁵ mandākrāntā, ⁶ narkuṭaka or

nardhaṭaka or avitatha, ⁷ kokilaka, ⁸ hari, ⁹ kāntā or krāntā,

¹⁰ citralekhā or atiśayanī, ¹¹ mālādhara or vanamālādhara, ¹² hā-

riṇī.) ² (In arithmetic sometimes used to denote) the

numeral 17. E. ati (sc. krāntā) and aṣṭi, another metre

(in the sense of the accusative).