Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.4

c14.4

In this field, if anywhere, the test suggested in § 113 may be applied. The ‘homogeneous groups’ as finally defined in Ch. III are revised and ordered in accordance with certain striking metrical peculiarities, chiefly concerned with their external form. If it appears that there is a corresponding developement in a number of other metrical features which have not yet been taken into account, it can hardly be doubted that we are within sight of the true history of Vedic metre.