Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c13.120

c13.120

| | Group | No. of verses | Opening | Cadence |
| | | | Iamb. Sync. Irr. | Irr. |
| | ARCHAIC PERIOD: all hymns | 5763 | 28 17 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Usṇih | 691 | 30 17 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Atyaṣṭi | 402 | 25 16 3·5 | 8 |
| 3 | Kakubh-Satoṛhatī | 315 | 26 12 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Uneven lyric | 121 | 32 10 3 | 38 |
| 5 | Anuṣṭubh: odd verses | 638 | 33 16 4 | 13 |
| | " " even verses | 661 | 33 15 2·5 | 8 |
| 6 | Bṛhatī-Satoṛhatī | 458 | 26 16 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Gāyatrī: Group I | 512 | 22· 18 1 | 4 |
| 8 | " " II | 915 | 24 21 3 | 6 |
| 9 | " " III | 551 | 26 18 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Trochaic Gāyatrī | 256 | 29 20 4 | 80 |
| 11 | Paṅkti and Mahāpaṅkti | 292 | 32 26 3 | 3 |
| | STROPHIC PERIOD: | | | |
| 12 | Bṛhatī-Satoṛhatī | 820 | 26 16 1·5 | 5 |
| 13 | Gāyatrī | 572 | 30 16 2·5 | 7 |
| 14 | Trochaic Gāyatrī | 219 | 25 19 4 | 90 |
| | NORMAL AND CRETIC PERIODS: all hymns | 3580 | 26 21 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Gāyatrī: Maṇḍalas ii, iv, v | 449 | 25 20 3 | 3 |
| 16 | " " ix 1-60 | 1065 | 31 21 2 | 2 |
| 17 | " " i 1-30 | 609 | 26 22 2·5 | 5 |
| 18 | " " iii | 241 | 27 26 1 | 9 |
| 19 | " " ix 61-67 | 576 | 24 27 2 | 1 |
| 20 | " cretic period | 516 | 24 21 2 | 4 |
| 21 | Lyric verses | 118 | 15 15 0 | 4 |
| 22 | Anuṣṭubh, etc. (normal period), odd verses | 250 | 27 21 2 | 6 |
| | " " even verses | 251 | 22 24 0 | 4 |
| 23 | " (cretic period), odd verses | 95 | 27 19 4 | 16 |
| | " " even verses | 101 | 19 23 3 | 1 |
| | POPULAR RIGVEDA: | | | |
| 24 | Lyric verses | 58 | 13 16 2 | 13 |
| 25 | Gāyatrī | 218 | 17 28 4 | 12 |
| 26 | Anuṣṭubh: odd verses | 551 | 31 16 3·5 | 60 |
| | " " even verses | 550 | 5 30 1 | 1 |
| 27 | An.-Paṅkti-Mah.: odd verses | 222 | 33 17 2 | 40 |
| | " " even verses | 220 | 18 27 2 | 6 |