Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c13.148

c13.148

| | Uneven lyric | Trochaic Gāyatrī 1 2 3 | Epic Anuṣṭubh 1 2 3 |
| No. of verses | 121 | 247 218 70 | 222¹ 212¹ 335¹ |
| | | | Re-opening |
| Normal opening, ⏑ — — | 40² | 33 32 24 | 32 27 32 |
| Iambic " , ⏑ — ⏑ | 32 | 29 25 28 | 18 10 2 |
| Syncopated " , ⏑ — ⏑ — | 7 | 14 15 25 | 17 22 19 |
| " , ⏑ — — — | 12 | 11 12 10 | 9 16 25 |
| " , ⏑ — ⏑ ⏑ | 3 | 3 7 1 | 13 13 10 |
| " , ⏑ — — ⏑ | 3 | 5 4 6 | 10 9 11 |
| Irregular openings | 3 | 5 5 6 | 1 3 1 |
| | | | Semi-cadence |
| Iambic cadence, ⏑ — ⏑ ⏑ | 62 | 20 13 12 | 60 58 30 |
| Trochaic " , ⏑ — — ⏑ | 5 | 33 28 28 | 4 1 3 |
| Syncopated " , ⏑ — ⏑ ⏑ | 0 | 16 28 18 | 3 4 5 |
| " , ⏑ — — ⏑ | 0 | 8 9 7 | 5 6 12 |
| Epic cadence, ⏑ — — ⏑ | 1 | 9 10 9 | 7 11 18 |
| " , ⏑ — ⏑ ⏑ | 2 | 7 5 13 | 5 7 10 |
| Short sixth, ⏑ — ⏑ — ⏑ | 7 | 2 3 3 | 4 5 7 |
| Long fifth, ⏑ — — — ⏑ | 7 | 2 1 2 | 8 6 10 |
| Catalectic verses | 13 | 2 2 6 | 2 1 4 |
| Heptasyllabic verses | 3 | 1 1 2 | 2 1 1 |