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Chhand Chhand means meter. A type of construction of poetry in Sanskrit language like Dohaa, Chaupaayee, Savaiyaa, Sorathaa, Kundaliyaan in Hindi poetry. For example - Doha has four sections in two lines - first and third sections are of 13 Maatraa, while second and fourth are of 11 Maatraa, besides the last letter of second and fourth section should be short and match; while Sorathaa has opposite to this - 11 Maatraa should be in first and third sections, and 13 in second and fourth sections of two lines, besides the last letter of first and third sections should be short and match. Sonnet in English poetry. It has 14 lines - three stanzas of 4 lines each plus 2 lines more. In the stanzas the second and fourth lines of a stanza should rhyme; while the last two lines should also rhyme. There are seven types of Chhand in Sanskrit poetry - Gaayatree, Brihatee, Ushnik, Jagatee, Trishtup, Anushtup, and Pankti. Among them, for example, Gaayatree Chhand has 14 syllables; Anushtup Chhand has four parts and has 32 letters in all (8+8+8+8). Chhand are used in writing Vedic literature. Bhaagvat Puraqan, 3/12 says
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