Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.18

c14.18

The first class consists of hymns in which different decasyllabic variations are found, in proportions varying from one verse in ten to one verse in five. These we now name as a class *hymns in decasyllabic Triṣṭubh metre*, though in fact two or three of them are in Jagatī metre, and in these the verses which contain ‘rests’ are of eleven syllables. These hymns are treated separately so far as the decasyllabic variations are concerned: but other variations are included throughout the chapter. The list of these hymns is given in § 94 iii *a*.