Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.12

c14.12

The groups investigated are the following: in the archaic period (i) the lyric hymns, and (ii) the Triṣṭubh hymns of Bharadvāja (Maṇḍala vi); in the strophic period (iii) the Triṣṭubh hymns of Vasiṣṭha (Maṇḍala vii); in the normal period (iv) the hymns of Vāmadeva (Maṇḍala iv), and (v) those of Kuśika (Maṇḍala iii), in each of which groups the Triṣṭubh metre prevails, but a few Jagatī hymns are also found; and in the cretic period the hymns, almost equally divided between Triṣṭubh and Jagatī metre, (vi) of Kutsa (i 94–115), and (vii) of the small groups of hymns extending from x 29 to x 80. In the eighth and last group are included all the hymns of the popular Rigveda.