Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.2

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c14.2

203. ALMOST two-thirds of the Rigveda is composed in trimeter verse, the number of verses being nearly 24,000. The main features of the verse are the same throughout the Rigveda: differences of structure, though clearly marked, are concerned with points of secondary importance.

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