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caesura meaning in Sanskrit

यति yáti

/sɪˈzjʊəɹə//səˈʒʊɹə/

caesura in Sanskrit: यति (yáti). In English, caesura means a pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.

Sanskrit words for caesura

caesura
यति yáti

English meaning of caesura

  1. noun A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
  2. noun Using two words to divide a metrical foot.
  3. noun The caesura mark ‖ or ||.
  4. noun A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins; turning point.

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Questions about caesura in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of caesura in Sanskrit?
Caesura in Sanskrit is यति (yáti).
caesura इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Caesura: यति (yáti).
What does caesura mean in English?
Caesura means a pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “caesura”: यति. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: caesura (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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