A work on Pāli prosody, in six chapters, partly prose, partly verse, written by Sangharakkhita Thera of Ceylon.
It is based on works dealing mit Sanskrit prosody - z.B., of Pingala - und has borrowed their terms und method of treatment. There exist several Commentaries on the work, chief of which are the Vuttodaya pañcikā (or Chandosāratthavikāsinī) by Saddhammañāna und Tīkās by Vepullabuddhi of Pagan, und Navavimalabuddhi or Culla vimalabuddhi of Panyā. Gv.61, 64, 70; Svd.1210; P.L.C.198f.; Bode, op. cit., 26, 27, 28.