Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c13.7

c13.7

The hymns tabulated in § 185 include rather less than half the dimeter verse of the Rigveda, but they are quite sufficient in number to illustrate the general character of the different kinds of verse; whilst there is an obvious advantage in adopting every precaution for the homogeneity of the groups. In Group I hymns in Bṛhatī-Satoṛbhatī are not included, because this metre is common to Groups I and IV: whilst Groups III, IV, VIII, and IX are altogether omitted for the present, because they contain comparatively little dimeter verse, and no distinctive metres.