Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s6.1

c19.s6.1

[The original Bharadvāja collection was of the same metrical type as that of Gotama Nodhas, i 58–64, but of larger extent. Its general characteristics are described in § 106 iv. The archaic variations are most marked in the hymns 4, 10–13, 20, 24–26, and 63–68 8, but are also found to a smaller extent in many other hymns. The important lyric hymns 46 and 48 also belong to the original collection. Additions have been made at various times, and cannot always be clearly distinguished: but a considerable number, especially amongst the Agni hymns, shew the metrical type of the cretic period.]