वैदिकछन्दाः || Vaidikachandas is different from chandas and meters of poems in classical sanskrit. Vaidikachandas is अक्षरप्रधानम् || Akshara pradhana. So, the number of letters is significant to understand the chandas and not the मात्राः || matras (Morae). In classical sanskrit, the number of syllables as well as quality (Laghu and Guru) are taken into account <ref name=":123">Choudhury, Goutam (2007) Ph. D Thesis Titled: [http://hdl.handle.net/10603/66639 The Vrttamanjari of Dhiresvaracharya : A critical study]. University of Gauhati</ref>. The general सूत्राणि || sutras as applicable to classical sanskrit are not applicable to वैदिकछन्दाः || Vaidikachandas. | वैदिकछन्दाः || Vaidikachandas is different from chandas and meters of poems in classical sanskrit. Vaidikachandas is अक्षरप्रधानम् || Akshara pradhana. So, the number of letters is significant to understand the chandas and not the मात्राः || matras (Morae). In classical sanskrit, the number of syllables as well as quality (Laghu and Guru) are taken into account <ref name=":123">Choudhury, Goutam (2007) Ph. D Thesis Titled: [http://hdl.handle.net/10603/66639 The Vrttamanjari of Dhiresvaracharya : A critical study]. University of Gauhati</ref>. The general सूत्राणि || sutras as applicable to classical sanskrit are not applicable to वैदिकछन्दाः || Vaidikachandas. |