[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [Vedic Metre in its Historical Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905) › c19.s1.48 # Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s1.48 Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s1.48 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1.48) 120. Both the text and the metre of stanzas 1-9 require emendation on a large scale: see § 244 ii. \*10-12. The most modern passage in the Rigveda, recording the poet's gratitude for the gift of a motor-car (\*rátha anaśvá\*): the extreme regularity of the metre is in striking contrast to the preceding stanzas: see also § 88. - [Previous: c19.s1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1.47) - [Next: c19.s1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1.49) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1.48) · Pramāṇa