Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.9

c12.9

The chief positions which favour long quantity are (i) the sixth place in dimeter verse, and the eighth and tenth places in trimeter verse; (ii) the second place in either kind of verse, if the third syllable is short, and the third place, if the second syllable is short; and to an extent much less marked (iii) the second and fourth places in either kind of verse except as just described, and the seventh place in trimeter verse after an early caesura.