Ragale (original) (raw)

Ragale (Kannada: ರಗಳೆ Ragaḷe) is a type of meter in Kannada prosody that is used in Kannada poetry. This meter can usually have as many padas of syllables divided into two groups of various fixed number of matra in each line. It is the most prevalent meter of the Old Kannada poets Harihara and Raghavanka. Lalita Ragale, Mandānila Ragale, Utsāha Ragale are variations we see in the use of Ragale meter.