Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c16.s2: D. Stanzas of Five Verses
Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c16.s2
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D. Stanzas of Five Verses
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60. Type 12.8 | 12.8.8: *Mahāsatobṛhatī*. This stanza is an extension of No. 44, and takes its place in the strophe (§ 246 iii) in vi 48 6, 8, 21.
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61. Type 12.12 | 8.8.8. This stanza is only found in viii 36 7 = 37 7, and x 132 7. See § 242 vi.
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62. Type 12.12.8.12.8. A stanza belonging to the Atyaṣṭi group, and found in iv 1 2. See § 247 ii.
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63. Type 12.12 | 12.8.8. This stanza is regularly employed in v 87, and is also found in vi 48 15, viii 46 17. It occupies an intermediate position between Satobṛhatī (No. 44) and the Atyaṣṭi group: see § 245 ii.
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64. Type 12.12 | 12.12.8. This is an extension of the Jagatī stanza, found in vi 15 3.
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65. Type 12.12 | 12.12.12 [*Pañcapadā Jagatī*]. This extension of the Jagatī stanza is found in *ii 43 2 and vi 15 6.
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⁶⁶ Type 8.8 | 8.4.8.4: *Astārapaṅkti*. This extension of the Anuṣṭubh stanza is peculiar to the Vimada group, being found in x 21, 24 1-3, and 25: see § 248.
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⁶⁷ Type 8.8 | 8.4.8.8. This stanza is found, perhaps by some error in the text, in *i 191 13. Cf. No. 54.
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⁶⁸ Type 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8: *Mahāpaṅkti*. This metre first appears as an extension of an Anuṣṭubh stanza in v 86 6; it is used in association with Paṅkti in *x 59 9, 10. As an independent metre or associated with a still longer stanza it appears not to be earlier than the normal period, and occurs in viii 39-41, x 133 4-6, 134 1-6. The grouping of the verses varies, even in the same hymn.
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⁶⁹ Type 11.11 | 11.11.11.11. This stanza is not recognized in the Saṃhitā text, but is a probable interpretation of the pairs of stanzas which appear as vi 10 6-7, 17 14-15.
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⁷⁰ Type 12.4.8 | 12.4.8. This occurs in viii 37 2-6, and is a developement of Satobṛhatī. The verse of four syllables always consists of an unaccented word.
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⁷¹ Type 12.8.8 | 12.8.8. A variation of the last No., found in viii 37 1.
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⁷² Type 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8. This is an extension of Satobṛhatī, not recognized in the text, but found in the stanzas vii 32 2-3, viii 19 26-27, ix 107 2-3, 15-16. Cf. No. 4, and see § 246.
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⁷³ Type 12.12 | 8.8.8.8. This stanza is found in viii 36 1-6: see § 247 iv.
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⁷⁴ Type 12.12.8 | 12.12.8. This stanza belongs to the Atyaṣṭi group: it is found in i 135 7, 8. See § 247 ii.
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⁷⁵ Type 12.12.8 | 12.12.12. This stanza also belongs to the Atyaṣṭi group: it is found in iv 1 1.
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- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit