Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.15

c14.15

Many verses which are treated by the native authorities as of the trimeter type have already been analyzed as consisting of dimeter verses with verses of four (or three) syllables attached. This is particularly the case in the metre to which the name of ‘Dimeter Uṣṇih’ (§ 192) has been given in this book. Verses of this type are entirely excluded from consideration here.