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: 'à ²¬à ²¡à ³Âà ²Âà ³Âà ²³à ³Âà ²³ à ²®à ² à ²¦ à ²¶à ²¿à ²µà ²¯à ³Âà ²Âà ²¿ à ²¶à ³Âà ²°à ³ à ²¨à ²¾à ²Âà ³Âà ²Âà ²¦à ³Âà ²° à ²®à ²¹à ²¾à ²¸à ³Âà ²µà ²¾à ²®à ²¿à ²Âà ²³à ²µà ²° à ²Âà ²°à ²¿à ²¤à ³Âà ²°à ³Â' - à ²®à ²¹à ²¾ à ²Âà ²¾à ²µà ³Âà ²¯. à ²°à ²Âà ²¨à ³ - à ²¶à ³Âà ²°à ³Âà ²¶à ³Âà ²²à ²ªà ³Âà ²ª à ²Âà ²³à ²¸à ²¦. à ²¬à ³Âà ²³à ²Âà ²¾à ²µà ²¿, à ²Âà ²°à ³Âà ²¨à ²¾à ²Âà ²Â. à ²ªà ³Âà ²°à ²Âà ²Âà ²£à ³ - à ³¨à ³¦à ³¨à ³¦ ( '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)
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