Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.246

c11.246

| Refer to § | Periods | Arch. | Stroph. | Normal | Cretic | Pop. |
| | Units of bulk | 1·9 | ·9 | 1·8 | 1·1 | ·9 |
| 142 | LONG VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS : | | | | | |
| 143 | Root-stems | 234¹ | 68² | 45 | 20 | 13 | 15 |
| ” | Gen. pl. -aam (dimeter cadence) | 332 | 140 | 140 | 92 | 69 | 27 |
| ” | ” ” (dimeter elsewhere) | 72 | 42 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 3 |
| ” | ” ” (trimeter) | 119 | 88 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| | Y, v EXCEPTIONALLY CONSONANTAL : | | | | | |
| | All instances | 671 | 103 | 90 | 82 | 108 | 141 |
| 135 | y, v accented | 36 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| 136 | Suffix -ya after light syllables³ | 92 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| 137 | ” ” heavy ” ⁴ | 83 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 14 |
| ” | sūrya | 140 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 40 |
| ” | (ratio)⁵ | | 32 | 23 | 37 | 29 | 51 |
| 138 | tvám | 157 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 26 |
| ” | (ratio)⁵ | | 25 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 42 |
| ” | tvám, tvé, tvā- | 100 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 8 |
| 139 | Endings -yā, -yoḥ | 29 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| | RESOLUTION AFTER HEAVY SYLLABLES : | | | | | |
| | All instances | 322 | 50 | 43 | 48 | 46 | 52 |
| 144 | Endings -bhiām, -bhiaḥ | 137 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 27 |
| 145 | ” -dhuam, etc. | 32 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| ” | Suffixes -va, -vī, -vāms | 63 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
| ” | Gerunds | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| ” | Enclitic tvā | 54 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| | Y v EXCEPTIONALLY RESOLVED : | | | | | |
| 146 | -iai, -iāḥ, -iām | 44 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| 147 | -nu (verbal) | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| ” | Optative (with siām) | 26 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| ” | ” siāma | 94 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 6 |
| 148 | tua | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ” | tuáyā, tuát | 29 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| ” | diaúḥ, diám | 37 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| ” | syá | 31 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| ” | svá | 45 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| ” | Other words | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | RESOLUTION OF -ra, -na : | | | | | |
| 149 | índra (decasyllabic hymns)⁶ | 83 | [287] | | | | |
| ” | (elsewhere in trimeter verse) | 56 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| ” | rudrá | 27 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| ” | -ra, -na (decasyllabic hymns)⁶ | 17 | [60] | | | | |
| ” | (elsewhere in trim. verse) | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 150 | násatyā, ādityá, resolved | 73 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| | MISCELLANEOUS AND DOUBTFUL : | | | | | |
| 151 i | Long vowels and diphthongs | 74 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 151 ii | Resolution of y v r | 63 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| 151 iii | Various textual corrections | 80 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| 152 i | Glosses | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 152 ii | Dvandva derivatives | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |