Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.54

c14.54

If the caesura is late the four regular forms are used almost indifferently in the archaic and even in the strophic period: but later there is a marked preference for a short third and a long fifth syllable, giving a normal form ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡ ◡, which is identical with the usual form of the Pentad in Dvipadā Virāj verse, and may therefore be called the Pentad opening.