Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c13.169

c13.169

(vii) As might be expected, the Gāyatrī groups of Maṇḍala ix elude classification. In the longer hymns 1–60 syncopation is not a striking feature, and it is probable that many of the hymns belong to the earlier family collections, though we have no means of identifying these. In the whole of the book the regularity of the cadence is striking.