Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.225

c11.225

The whole number of variations with which we have to deal is nearly 2600, which corresponds very fairly with the number of Sandhi variations (§ 131): of these nearly 900 are resolutions of long vowels and diphthongs, 700 irregular consonantal values of *y* and *v*, 800 irregular resolutions of *y* and *v*, and 200 resolutions of *r* and *n*. The Indian tradition, which lays stress only on the resolution of *y* and *v*, has therefore failed to grasp the true proportions of the phenomena, and so far exercises a misleading influence on modern criticism. We take up the different sections in the order just given, thus bringing them into line with the discussion of Sandhi.