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उष्णिह्

तीन पादों वाला छन्द‚ प्रथम दो ८ अक्षरों वाले‚ तीसरा १२ अक्षरों वाला

a metre of three padas : the frist two having 8 syllables while the third has 12; a mixed metre.

Monier–Williams

उष्णिह् — {uṣṇíh} {k} f. (fr. √{snih} with {ud} Kāś. on Pāṇ. 3-2, 59), N. of a Vedic metre (consisting of twenty-eight syllabic instants, viz. two Pādas with eight instants, and one with twelve##the varieties depend on the place of the twelve-syllabled Pāda) RPrāt. 888 ff. AV. xix, 21, 1 VS##a brick sacred to the above metre KātyŚr##N. of one of the Sun's horses VP