Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.15

c12.15

There are some other positions which are comparatively rare, and yet require to be discriminated. Thus if after an early caesura the sixth syllable is long, the seventh will usually be short (§ 46); this position may be denoted by 7A. The third place in the reopening of epic Anuṣṭubh is usually long (§ 41): this position may be denoted by 3E. The seventh place in Trochaic Gāyatrī or the semicadence of epic Anuṣṭubh is very often long, and may be denoted by 7G. Occurrences before consonant-groups are denoted by GR.