Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c7.5

c7.5

The *Vālakhilya* hymns are counted as hymns belonging to the eighth Maṇḍala, that is, as viii 49—59 inclusive. Consequently the remaining hymns of the Maṇḍala are counted as viii 60—103, not as viii 49—92. This reckoning agrees with Aufrecht's second edition of the Rigveda (Bonn, 1877), and with Max Müller's editions and Index.