Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c4.13

c4.13

As the method of this book prohibits me from discussing the history of this question in the text, I take this opportunity of giving some account of it here. This seems the more desirable, as I hope this illustration will justify the cardinal principle which I have followed, namely to disregard in points of this character the authority not only of the native commentators, but also of the Saṃhitā as well as the Pada-pāṭha text, and to be guided solely by the general usage of the Vedic poets.