Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.67

c14.67

The Indian theory of classical Sanskrit metre unnecessarily distinguishes two forms of this verse, according to the quantity of the initial syllable: and it fails to take adequate account of the caesura, which is the most important feature in the verse, at any rate as used in the Rigveda. Still the term *Indravajrā* will be convenient for the scheme just given, if we may modify the traditional meaning by regarding the quantity of the initial syllable as indifferent, and the late caesura as essential.