Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.350

c14.350

(iii) The name 'Gautamī verse' is suggested to describe a metre which agrees in form with the Virāṭsthānā verse, except that the rest precedes an early caesura. Such verses are very common in the Gotama hymn i 61; in the occurrences in that hymn the rhythm of the break is always || - - ◡, the seventh syllable being therefore short: but it is probable that some occurrences with long seventh syllable in other hymns are really of the same type, and therefore also to be associated with the Virāṭsthānā verse.