Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.1

c12.s3.1

| | | | Decisive positions | | | In 2nd place | | Before caesura |
| | | | A | B | D | E | 2TD | 2TD | 4A | 5B |
| | All long vowels | 1000 | 201 | 355 | 22 | 1 | 84 | 77 | 121 | 70 |
| | All short vowels | 1000 | 7 | 77 | 236 | 291 | 17 | 30 | 24 | 64 |
| § 158 | Perfects in -ā, etc. | 163 | 22 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| | Aorist impv. -svā | 69 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| | Gerunds in -tya, -yā | 85 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 |
| | Endings -tarī, -tī, etc. | 125 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| | Adverbs | 538 | 35 | 249 | 15 | 4 | 114 | 121 | 43 | 18 |
| | Total | 980 | 76 | 367 | 24 | 9 | 158 | 164 | 76 | 43 |
| § 159 | Imperative in -ā | 1177 | 146 | 332 | 33 | 40 | 104 | 114 | 108 | 43 |
| | 2 pl. -thā, -tā | 707 | 141 | 140 | 40 | 43 | 17 | 14 | 61 | 38 |
| | ” -thanā, -tanā | 129 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | Neut. pl. -ā, -ī, -ū | 203 | 25 | 66 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 16 | 17 |
| | Total | 2216 | 326 | 549 | 80 | 92 | 146 | 159 | 191 | 98 |
| § 160 | tú, tú | 38 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| | nú, nú | 215 | 22 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 7 |
| | ū, u | 387 | 38 | 47 | 171 | 44 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 0 |
| | sú, sú | 208 | 14 | 49 | 36 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| § 161 | adyā, adyā | 184 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 39 |
| | ádhā, ádha | 182 | 5 | 68 | 78 | 18 | 40 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| | yádi, yádi | 68 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 0 |
| | Total | 1282 | 95 | 285 | 344 | 117 | 114 | 146 | 63 | 52 |
| § 162 | Impv. in -uhí, -hí, -dhí¹ | 870 | 13 | 108 | 60 | 149 | 23 | 33 | 36 | 33 |
| § 163 | 1 pl. -ma | 533 | 28 | 34 | 19 | 67 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 85 |
| | Perfect -tha, -a | 539 | 18 | 45 | 16 | 52 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 91 |
| | Impv. -sva (thematic) | 387 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 59 |
| | Instr. -ena (nouns) | 505 | 25 | 67 | 38 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 72 |
| | Total | 1964 | 80 | 168 | 79 | 282 | 8 | 18 | 143 | 307 |
| | Adverbs in -tra | 224 | 3 | 93 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 59 | 25 | 51 |
| | Instr. -ena (pronouns) | 166 | 0 | 93 | 13 | 12 | 37 | 82 | 8 | 4 |
| | Total | 390 | 3 | 186 | 22 | 27 | 72 | 141 | 33 | 65 |
| § 171 | ápa, ápo | 167 | 4 | 11 | 101 | 35 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| | utá, utó | 704 | 2 | 114 | 212 | 218 | 65 | 104 | 5 | 1 |
| | yásya, etc. | 263 | 0 | 44 | 77 | 72 | 13 | 54 | 2 | 23 |
| | Total | 1134 | 6 | 169 | 490 | 325 | 80 | 177 | 8 | 24 |
| § 172 | Hiatus after -ā | 218 | 16 | 71 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 48 |