Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.406

c14.406

| Refer to § | Number of verses | | Archaic | Stroph. | Normal | Cretic | Pop. |
| | | Decas. metres 516 | Decas. Triṣṭ. 1525 | else- where 3865 | 2621 | 6554 | 5225 | 3463 |
| 226 i | Virātsthānā (short 7th) | 106¹ | 98² | 22 | 3 | } 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| ,, i | ,, (long 7th) | 55 | 41 | 11 | 5 | | | | |
| ,, ii | *indra* (short 7th) | 98 | 17 | 103 | 3 | } 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| ,, ii | ,, (long 7th) | 33 | 0 | 43 | 1 | | | | |
| ,, iii | Gautamī (both forms) | 26 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, iv | Double rests | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 227 i | Pentad (short 7th) | 165 | 294 | 6 | 1 | } 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| ,, i | ,, (long 7th) | 132 | 242 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| ,, ii | Bhārgavī (early caesura) | 27 | 41 | 2 | 5 | } 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| ,, ii | ,, (late caesura) | 14 | 12 | — | 5 | | | | |
| | Neutral rests: | | | | | | | | |
| 228 i | at the fourth place | 85 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| ,, ii | at the fifth place | 86 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 229 | Hybrid verses | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |