Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.145

c14.145

(iii) The line of distinction between occasional and irregular forms cannot be quite clearly drawn. Consecutive short syllables in the fourth and fifth places are particularly rare, doubtless because the late caesura is almost always followed by two short syllables. Amongst the ‘occasional forms’ ◡ ◡ ◡ and ◡ ◡ ◡ are somewhat rare, and amongst the irregular forms ◡ ◡ ◡ — is rather common.