[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.s7.1 # Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s7.1 Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s7.1 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s7.1) \[The great majority of the hymns are characterized by an approximation of the trimeter rhythm to that of dimeter verse, as described in § 213. The name of Vasiṣṭha and the characteristic refrain verse are however found even in the hymns which have not this metrical type, and are therefore probably of a different period: see § 107.\] - [Previous: c19.s6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s6.26) - [Next: c19.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s7.2) - [Up: c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.7.1.15) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s7.1) · Pramāṇa