making heavy syllable. The last syllable of a pāda (primary division of a verse) is reckoned as either heavy or light.
a. The distinction in terms between the difference of long and short in vowel-sound and that
making heavy syllable. The last syllable of a pāda (primary division of a verse) is reckoned as either heavy or light.
a. The distinction in terms between the difference of long and short in vowel-sound and that of heavy and light in syllable-construction is valuable and should be observed.
80. The phenomena of accent are, by the Hindu grammarians of all ages alike, described and treated as depending on a variation of tone or pitch; of any difference of stress involved, they make no account.
81. The primary tones (svara) or accent-pitches are two: a higher (udātta raised), or acute; and a lower (anudātta not raised), or grave. A third (called svarita: a term of doubtful meaning) is always 