Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.14

c12.14

The second and third places in dimeter verse may be denoted by 2D 3D, and in trimeter verse by 2T 3T: but in either case if the other syllable of the two is short a special position results favouring long quantity. These positions may be denoted 2D 3T 3T respectively. Similarly before a late caesura the fourth and fifth syllables may be denoted by 4B and 5B respectively, if the other syllable of the two is short, these positions again favouring long quantity in a very marked way.