Anustubh
E449945
Anustubh is a classical Vedic Sanskrit meter, most notably used in the form of the śloka, the common verse form of much of ancient Indian epic and religious literature.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anustubh canonical | 1 |
| Anustubh meter | 1 |
| Anuṣṭubh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4519743 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anustubh Context triple: [Jagati, comparedWith, Anustubh]
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A.
Surya Shashti
Surya Shashti is a Hindu festival dedicated to the worship of the Sun God, observed with rigorous fasting and ritual offerings at sunrise and sunset, especially in parts of northern and eastern India.
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B.
Vesākha
Vesākha is the Buddhist festival commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvāṇa) of Gautama Buddha, observed on the full moon day of the Vesak month in many Asian countries.
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C.
Uttarayan
Uttarayan is the Gujarati celebration of the Hindu festival Makar Sankranti, marked by large-scale kite flying and the transition of the sun into the northern hemisphere.
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D.
Vaikunta Ekadasi
Vaikunta Ekadasi is a highly revered Hindu holy day dedicated to Lord Vishnu, observed with fasting, night-long prayers, and special temple rituals, especially in South India.
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E.
Bhadrapada
Bhadrapada is a month in the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling around August–September, associated with major festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anustubh Target entity description: Anustubh is a classical Vedic Sanskrit meter, most notably used in the form of the śloka, the common verse form of much of ancient Indian epic and religious literature.
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A.
Surya Shashti
Surya Shashti is a Hindu festival dedicated to the worship of the Sun God, observed with rigorous fasting and ritual offerings at sunrise and sunset, especially in parts of northern and eastern India.
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B.
Vesākha
Vesākha is the Buddhist festival commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvāṇa) of Gautama Buddha, observed on the full moon day of the Vesak month in many Asian countries.
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C.
Uttarayan
Uttarayan is the Gujarati celebration of the Hindu festival Makar Sankranti, marked by large-scale kite flying and the transition of the sun into the northern hemisphere.
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D.
Vaikunta Ekadasi
Vaikunta Ekadasi is a highly revered Hindu holy day dedicated to Lord Vishnu, observed with fasting, night-long prayers, and special temple rituals, especially in South India.
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E.
Bhadrapada
Bhadrapada is a month in the Hindu lunar calendar, typically falling around August–September, associated with major festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit poetic meter
ⓘ
Vedic meter ⓘ prosodic form ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Atharvaveda
ⓘ
Brahmana texts ⓘ
linked to:
Brahmanas
Rigveda ⓘ Upanishads ⓘ Yajurveda ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
chandas (Sanskrit prosody)
ⓘ
linked to:
Vedic prosody
|
| describedIn |
Chandas-shastra
ⓘ
linked to:
Vedic prosody
Pingala’s Chandas-sutra ⓘ
linked to:
Vedic prosody
|
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Anushtubh
ⓘ
Anuṣṭubh chandas ⓘ |
| hasAssociationWith | śloka ⓘ |
| hasCategory | syllabic meter ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Buddhist Sanskrit literature
ⓘ
Hindu literature ⓘ Jain Sanskrit literature ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
Indo-Aryan poetics
ⓘ
Sanskrit prosody ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
didactic verse meter
ⓘ
liturgical verse meter ⓘ narrative verse meter ⓘ |
| hasImportance | most common Sanskrit verse meter ⓘ |
| hasLineCount | 4 ⓘ |
| hasNameInIAST | Anuṣṭubh ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Vedic tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Vedic Hinduism
|
| hasPādaCount | 4 ⓘ |
| hasStressPattern | quantitative meter based on syllable length ⓘ |
| hasStructure | 4 pādas of 8 syllables each ⓘ |
| hasSyllableCountPerLine | 8 ⓘ |
| hasTotalSyllableCount | 32 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Classical śloka
ⓘ
Epic śloka ⓘ |
| isBasisFor | classical śloka meter ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Vedic chandas
ⓘ
linked to:
Vedic prosody
śloka meter ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | Vedic period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
didactic maxims
ⓘ
epic narration ⓘ philosophical verses ⓘ religious hymns ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Mahabharata
ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ ancient Indian epic literature ⓘ ancient Indian religious literature ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Classical Sanskrit
ⓘ
Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anustubh Description of subject: Anustubh is a classical Vedic Sanskrit meter, most notably used in the form of the śloka, the common verse form of much of ancient Indian epic and religious literature.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Anustubh
linked to: Anustubh