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anapest meaning in Sanskrit

स sá

/ˈæ.nə.piːst/

anapest in Sanskrit: स (sá), हस्त (hásta). In English, anapest means in qualitative metre, a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed final syllable.

Sanskrit words for anapest

an anapest
स sá, हस्त hásta

English meaning of anapest

  1. noun In qualitative metre, a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed final syllable.
  2. noun In quantitative metre, a foot with two short syllables followed by a long final syllable.
  3. noun An excerpt of poetry or verse using this metre.

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Questions about anapest in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of anapest in Sanskrit?
Anapest in Sanskrit is स (sá), हस्त (hásta).
anapest इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Anapest: स (sá), हस्त (hásta).
What does anapest mean in English?
Anapest means in qualitative metre, a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed final syllable.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “anapest”: स, हस्त. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: anapest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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