Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c15.16

c15.16

(v) The hymn x 93 approximates to the type 12.12.8.8, and is accordingly described by Indian tradition, after a careful counting of the whole number of syllables, as of the *Prastārapaṅkti* metre. Of the trimeter verses, however, 1a 1b 4a 4b 14a 14b are certainly catalectic (14b being also ‘hybrid’), and 12a 12b may be read as catalectic: of the dimeter verses 2d is certainly catalectic, and 5c 9b 9d 13d 14d may be so read. The hymn therefore appears to be associated with the ‘uneven lyric metres’ in the irregularity of the cadence.