is shortened, the resulting ending is a cretic (- u -). The following are two different metres, one a shortened version of the other:
:| - u u - | - u u - | - u u - | - u u - |
:| - u u - | - u u - | - u - |

In Sanskrit

The final syllable of a line in Sanskrit poetry, in any metre, like those of Latin and Greek, is indifferent in quantity, that is, it may be long or short. Examples can be found in epic poetry, in which in each four-line stanza, or sloka,

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