Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c13.133

c13.133

198. The Anuṣṭubh verse of the popular Rigveda appears in three shapes; (i) in hymns in which the number of verses in the stanza varies, that is, in which Anuṣṭubh is combined with Paṅkti or Mahāpaṅkti, (ii) in fragments, usually only of one or two stanzas, attached to older hymns or combined with other metres, such as Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, and Jagatī, (iii) in longer hymns, standing separately in the text. The forms found in the opening of the odd verses and in the cadence of the even verses generally resemble the normal dimeter verse, and have been already discussed: the forms found in the semi-cadence and re-opening are analyzed in the table in § 199.