Tinker Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Explore the Craft of Writing PoetryIndian VerseVedic Verse Ushnik (God of Wind orignating from the hairs of the body of the almighty Prajāpati) is a stanzaic Vedic meter. The 7th horse pulling the golden chariot of the sun god is named for this meter. The elements of the Ushnik are: stanzaic, any number of quatrains, 4 padas or lines. syllabic, lines of 7 syllable each.Fair Weather Sailor by Judi Van Gorder The wind that pushes your sails is hot air from the tropics, cold northern winds extinguish the force, bring you back to earth. Other Vedic forms Anistubh Brhati Gayatri Jagati Pankti Tristubh Ushnik II. Sanskrit Forms Regional Forms:III.Bengali, IV.Hindi, V.Kashmiri, VI.Marathi and VII.Teluga ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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