Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c13.153

c13.153

Of hymns in the popular Rigveda with the old rhythm two are Mahāpaṅkti triplets, namely i 191 10–12, x 59 8–10. In x 87 22–25 and 141 the linguistic notes of early and late date are about evenly divided, so that the hymns may belong to a transition period. There remains x 152, which certainly combines the language of the later Rigveda with the early Anuṣṭubh rhythm: but too much importance must not be attached to a single short hymn.