Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c5.27

c5.27

(i) in numerous verses some part of the noun *índra* follows the caesura, and the number of syllables in the verse appears to be ten, whereas most verses in the same hymn have eleven syllables. If we interpret *índra* metrically as a word of three syllables, e.g. *índara*, the verses in which the word occurs contain the normal number of syllables. But on the other hand *índra* is commonly a disyllable, and verses of ten syllables are sufficiently common in the Rigveda to suggest a metrical solution of the difficulty.