Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.329

c14.329

Some of the instances are open to question, as the occurrences of *índra* in the Vasiṣṭha hymns (§ 149 i). On the other hand it is probable that some at least of the verses for which resolution has been suggested in §§ 142, 143, 149 ii-iv, 150 and 151 above are rightly to be explained as decasyllabic verses. Of these doubtful cases there are about 100 in the hymns in decasyllabic Triṣṭubh alone, as shewn in brackets in those sections. The interpretation chosen will therefore materially affect our view as to the extent to which the system of ‘rests’ is carried.