Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.71

c14.71

(v) Irregular forms of the break are much commoner if the caesura is early than otherwise: the most common form is ‖ ◡ ◡ —, and next to it ‖ — — ◡. After a late caesura ◡ ‖ — is more common than ◡ ‖ — —. This gradation follows naturally from the rule in § 45: in both types of the verse the rarest forms of the break are those in which the caesura is followed by two long syllables.