Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c13.25

c13.25

| Groups | Lyric I | Anuṣṭ. II | Troch. Gāyatrī | Gāyatrī VI VII | Epic Anuṣṭubh Odd vv. Even vv. |
| Number of verses | 1275 | 1068 | 474 | 1578 1424 | 551 550 |
| The openings: | | | | | | |
| Normal opening, ◡ — — | 392 | 371 | 329 | 391 336 | 368 317 |
| Iambic ,, ◡ — ◡ | 287 | 337 | 272 | 282 256 | 307 50 |
| Syncopated ,, ◡ ◡ — | 114 | 111 | 144 | 155 184 | 111 189 |
| ◡ ◡ ◡ | 96 | 73 | 117 | 71 88 | 103 209 |
| ◡ ◡ ◡ | 39 | 34 | 46 | 33 54 | 33 114 |
| Syncopated, ◡ — ◡ | 42 | 39 | 46 | 46 61 | 49 103 |
| Irregular openings | 29 | 35 | 46 | 22 21 | 29 18 |
| The cadence: | | | | | | |
| Iambic cadence, ◡ — — ◡ | 920 | 892 | 153 | 974 962 | 403 991 |
| ,, (with long fifth) ◡ — ◡ | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 4 | 82 5 |
| ,, (with short sixth) ◡ — ◡ | 42 | 56 | 25 | 11 20 | 62 4 |
| Irregular cadence: | | | | | | |
| Trochaic, ◡ — ◡ | 3 | 2 | 313 | 0 5 | 24 0 |
| Syncopated, ◡ ◡ ◡ | 4 | 4 | 213 | 1 3 | 44 0 |
| Other forms | 12 | 22 | 252 | 4 5 | 343 0 |
| Catalectic verses | 10 | 8 | 21 | 3 0 | 31 0 |
| Heptasyllabic verses | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 1 | 11 0 |