Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.237

c11.237

It seems clear that none of the poets recognized in the abstract a word índara. It follows that the form is of metrical origin, and due to the constraining of a common type of decasyllabic verse to fit in recitation the standard of a full Triṣṭubh verse. The preceding heavy syllable must have contributed to justify such a pronunciation, since that condition is fulfilled in the great majority of cases in which the *r* of *-ra* is vocalised: *rudarā* seems therefore to be due to the fancy of an isolated poet. The resolutions of *nāsatya* and *ādityá*, although of a different type, seem to be of the same artificial character.