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gatha

a poetic meter, used in legends in Epic Sanscrit or Prakrit, but not used in the Vedas; often found in Jain and Buddhist texts in prakrit
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gatha

Summary

gatha is a poetry genre[1]. gatha draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (poetry_genre category, ranking #17 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • gatha's instance of is recorded as poetry genre[3].
  • gatha is a type of forme fixe[4].
  • gatha's Commons category is recorded as Gāthā[5].
  • gatha's different from is recorded as Katha[6].

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Definition and Type

gatha's instance of is recorded as poetry genre[3]. gatha is a type of forme fixe[4].

Why It Matters

gatha draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (poetry_genre category, ranking #17 of 34).[2] gatha has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Future Perfect at Sunrise · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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