[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.s8.18 # Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s8.18 Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s8.18 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s8.18) \*112. 1a vá u, § 171 v; 1e the refrain is borrowed from ix 106 4b. \*113. 1a catalectic verse; 2b mīdhuaḥ; 3b hypersyllabic verse: probably omit tám, § 152 i; 5b heptasyllabic verse; 6b perhaps vácam chandasīám, as a long fifth syllable is very unusual in the full cadence of Epic Anuṣṭubh; 7c hypersyllabic verse: the Sandhi combination of two verses (§ 119) is not probable: the omission of mám is perhaps on the whole the best course. - [Previous: c19.s8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s8.17) - [Next: c19.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s9.1) - [Up: c19.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.9.106.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s8.18) · Pramāṇa