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Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c8.s1.t4: Maṇḍala IV

Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c8.s1.t4

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Maṇḍala IV

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12 6. Uncertain : cf. i 27 13, iii 9 9. Repeated x 126 8. *13 5. Apparently a fragment of a cosmogony : cf. i *89 10. 24 *9 *10. These verses form no part of the hymn : their meaning is much disputed, but they seem to have the character of the popular hymns. Cf. i *120 10-12. *39 6. Appended Anuṣṭubh stanza. 42 1-7. A mythological dialogue, which appears to belong to the Rigveda proper. 57 1-3. This hymn is not out of order, and by its analogy with the hymns to Bṛhaspati, Sadaspati, and Vāstospati belongs to the Rigveda proper. *58. The position of this hymn is the principal reason for assigning it to the popular Rigveda rather than to the cretic period, with which it is connected by subject and language. Stanza 10 is repeated AV. vii 82 1. Stanza 11 may be regarded as a contamination of the Triṣṭubh metre, or it may be an appended stanza. Cf. x *94, *175.

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⁵ 8-11. See on i 13 9-12. *30 15. The reference to the Pravargya ceremony is isolated in the Rigveda, and may indicate later date. 40 4. Appended Triṣṭubh stanza. *44 14, 15. The metre indicates late date. 46 7, 8. Repeated AV. vii 49 1, 2. *51 14, 15. Appended Anuṣṭubh stanzas. 61 6-8. The language, and perhaps the subject, may indicate later date.

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⁶² The language indicates late date, but this is unsupported. 78 4. Appended Triṣṭubh stanza. *83. Verse 7a repeated AV. iv 15 6a : stanza 8 AV. iv 15 16.

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