Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c13.100

c13.100

(iii) Of hypersyllabic dimeter verses hardly 20 are to be found in the Rigveda: many of them may be removed by restorations already suggested, as *i 191 6a (pṛthví, § 151 iii), iv 48 1c = 2c = 3c (candrá § 84 A 1), v 61 16c (yajñyásaḥ, § 135), viii 19 37a (prayí-vayí-yoḥ § 152 ii), x 20 2a (omit agním § 152 i). The following instances are not so easily remedied, and seem rather to indicate careless composition: