Anuṣṭubh (Sanskrit: अनुष्टुभ्, IPA: [ənuˈʂʈubʱ]) is the name of a meter and a metrical unit, found in both Vedic and Classical Sanskrit poetry, but with significant differences. By origin, an anuṣṭubh stanza is a quatrain of four lines. Each line, called a pāda (lit. "foot"), has eight syllables.