Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c5.s1.3
Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c5.s1.3
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c5.s1.3
20. The number of syllables in a verse is not quite rigidly prescribed. Thus many dimeter verses contain seven syllables only: such verses, if they correspond in rhythm to an ordinary dimeter verse with loss of the last syllable, we term *catalectic* dimeter verses: if otherwise, the more general name *heptasyllabic* may be used.