Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c16.s3: E. Stanzas of Six Verses

Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c16.s3

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E. Stanzas of Six Verses

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76. Type 8.8.8 | 8.8.8.8. This extension of the Mahāpaṅkti stanza is found in viii 40 2, x 133 1-3. The grouping of the verses varies.

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77. Type 8.8.8 | 8.8 | 12.8. This is the metre of i 137, see § 247 ii. Like all the metres that now remain, it belongs to the Atyaṣṭi group.

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78. Type 8.12.8 | 12.8.12.8. This combination of a Kakubh and a Satoṛhatī stanza was perhaps regarded as a single stanza in the strophic period. For the occurrences see § 246 i.

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79. Type 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.8.8: Aṣṭi. Found in ii 22 2, 3. See § 247 iii.

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80. Type 12.8.8 | 8.8 | 12.8. Found in i 129 9: see § 247 ii.

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81. Type 12.12.8 | 8.8 | 8.8. Found in i 129 8: see § 247 ii.

82. Type 12.12.8 | 8.8 | 12.8: Atyaṣṭi. This elaborate stanza is found generally in the hymns i 127-139, though with many slight variations, and belongs to the end of the archaic period or to the strophic period. See § 247.

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83. Type 12.12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8: Dhṛti. Found in iv 1 3.

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84. Type 12.12.12.4 | 12.8.4. This appears to be the type aimed at in ii 22 4. See § 247 iii.

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85. Type 13.12.8 | 8.8 | 14.8. This stanza is found in i 133 6, and it is doubtful whether the text requires correction : cf. No. 50.

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G. STANZAS OF EIGHT VERSES.

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⁸⁶ Type 8.8.12.8 | 12.8.12.8. This combination of a Bṛhatī and a Satoṛhatī stanza was very possibly regarded as forming a single stanza : for the occurrences see § 246 ii iii.

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⁸⁷ Type 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 8.8. Found in ii 22 1 : see § 247 iii.

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⁸⁸ Type 12.12.8 | 8.8 | 12.8.8: Atidhṛti. This stanza of 76 syllables is the longest recognized in the Rigveda. It is an extension of No. 82, and occurs in i 127 6: see § 247 ii.

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Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit