Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.299

c14.299

| Periods | Archaic | Strophic | Normal | Cretic | Popular |
| Second place (dim. and trim.): | | | | | |
| Final short vowels | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 |
| Other short syllables | 15 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Protracted vowels | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fourth place (trim. late caesura) | 26 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 |
| Sixth place (dimeter) | 38 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 13 |
| Eighth place (trimeter): | | | | | |
| Final short vowels | 19 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Other final syllables | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| Other short syllables | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Protracted vowels | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Tenth place (trimeter) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |