An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon

An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon - 35
Uggīti has the second pādayuga followed by the first, mattā = 27 +
30.
Example: the last of Vijitasena’s gāthās Th 359:
⏑⏑−−⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−¦−−¦⏑¦−−¦−
Satiyā taṁ nibhandhissaṁ, 1 payatatto vo damessāmi,
−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑¦−−¦¦⏑⏑−¦−−¦⏑−⏑¦−−¦−
vir i yadhuraniggahīto, na-y-ito dūraṁ gamissase citta!
Upagīti has the second pādayuga repeated, mattā = 27 + 27.
Example: Gotama’s gāthās 587, 588, & 591, the latter being mixed
with Siloka:
−−¦⏑⏑−¦−−¦¦−−¦⏑⏑−¦⏑¦−−¦−
Mittaṁ idha kalyāṇaṁ, sikkhāvipulaṁ samādānaṁ,
−−¦−⏑⏑¦−−¦¦−−¦⏑⏑−¦⏑¦⏑⏑−¦−
sussāsā ca garūnaṁ: etaṁ samaṇassa paṭirūpaṁ. (Th 588)
Other gaṇacchandas variations, including pādayugas with a full last
gaṇa (giving a mattā count of 32), are not found in the canon.
2.18 Jagaṇa (amphibrachys)
In these metres the gaṇa pattern ⏑−⏑ is normally found only in the
even gaṇas, and occurs in roughly half of the 2nd & 4th gaṇas, and
virtually always in the 6th (where appropriate), so that its inclusion
there appears to be the rule.
1 This line as it stands reads as Siloka, a not uncommon phenomena in
gaṇacchandas verses. If we read Satiyā ta’ nibhandhissaṁ, that would give
a correct Uggīti line.