Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c15.101

c15.101

250. The remaining hymns in decasyllabic metre are ii 11 (Virāṭsthānā) and x 77, 78 (Bhārgavī): to which may perhaps be added i 61 as shewing at least the beginnings of a new decasyllabic stanza (Gautamī). Although none of these metres become established in the same way as the Pentad metre, they appear to be clearly conceived by the poets in the special hymns in which they appear.