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There are two types of [[Metre (poetry)|meters]] used in '''Malayalam poetry''', the classical [[Sanskrit]] based and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] based ones.

== Sanskrit meters ==

[[Sanskrit prosody|Sanskrit meters]] are primarily based on trisyllabic feet. The short sound is called a '''laghu''', a long sound is called a '''guru'''. A guru is twice as long as a laghu. A guru is usually represented by a '-–' and a laghu by a '⌣'.

For easy specification of meters, the laghu's and guru's are grouped into feet (called '''ganam''') as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! foot
! name
! identifying letter
|-
| ⌣ - -
| yaganam
| ya (യ)
|-
| - ⌣ -
| raganam
| ra (ര)
|-
| - - ⌣
| thaganam
| tha (ത)
|-
| - ⌣ ⌣
| bhaganam
| bha (ഭ)
|-
| ⌣ - ⌣
| jaganam
| ja (ജ)
|-
| ⌣ ⌣ -
| saganam
| sa (സ)
|-
| - - -
| maganam
| ma (മ)
|-
| ⌣ ⌣ ⌣
| naganam
| na (ന)
|}

Additionally, individual gurus are also identified by 'ga' or 'gam' and laghus by 'la' or 'lam'.

For example, the definition for the meter 'Kalyani' is 'three thaganam + two gurus' indicating "- - ⌣ - - ⌣ - - ⌣ - -".

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title=A Short History of Malayalam Literature |author=Dr. K. Ayyappa Panicker |url=https://archive.org/details/ASHORTHISTORYOFMALAYALAMLITERATURE |year=2006 |location=Thiruvananthapuram |publisher=Department of Information and Public Relations, Kerala}}
* {{cite book|author=Menon, A. Sreedhara |title=A Survey of Kerala History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVsw35oEBv4C|year=2007|publisher=DC Books|isbn=9788126415786}}
* {{Cite book|title=Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus - 2019 (Malayalam Edition)|publisher=P. V. Chandran, Managing Editor, Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Company Limited, Kozhikode|year=2018|location=Kozhikode}}

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