A table showing the pattern behind a shloka, a verse-line, developed from the anustup meter, which is found both in Vedic and Classical Sanskrit prosody. *The ""u"" is a representation of "laghu" (light), or short syllable *The ""-"" is a representation of "guru" (heavy), or long syllable *The ""u"" with a ""_"" underneath can be either guru or laghudate=March 2012 *The "","" is a caesura Based on Macdonell, Arthur A., A Sanskrit Grammar for Students, Appendix II, p. 232(Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 1927).