Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c15.117

c15.117

(iii) Strophes of seven stanzas appear to belong rather to the later periods of the Rigveda, and may perhaps be associated with the conduct of the sacrifice by the saptá hótāraḥ. The Āpriya hymns in their original form must have consisted of seven stanzas only, and the hymns vii 2 1-7, 17, and ix 5 1-7 are of this type, though additional verses have been added at a later period to two of these three hymns. Other probable examples, all in Triṣṭubh metre, are the hymns vi 7-9, x 1-7, 79, 80, *81-84, and *87 1-21.