Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c13.125

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c13.125

197. The special forms of the cadence in Trochaic Gāyatrī are shewn in § 199 for three groups: of these the first two are the Trochaic hymns of the archaic and strophic periods respectively, the openings of which were considered in § 193. The third group consists of single trochaic verses found in hymns chiefly composed in the ordinary Gāyatrī metre.

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