A History of Sanskrit Literature c6.42

c6.42

The twelve-syllable line ends thus: – ⏑ – ⏑. Four of these together form the *jagatī* stanza. The *trishṭubh* stanza consists of four lines of eleven syllables, which are practically catalectic *jagatīs*, as they end – ⏑ – ⏑. These two verses being so closely allied and having the same cadence, are often found mixed in the same stanza. The *trishṭubh* is by far the commonest metre, about two-fifths of the *Rigveda* being composed in it.