History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.67

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²⁵⁷⁷ In Ṛg. V. 77. 1 the Aśvins are called 'prātar-yāvānā' (early coming). Vide Ait. Br. VII. 5 'एते वाव देवाः प्रातर्यावाणो यदग्निरुषा अश्विनौ त एते सप्तभिः सप्तभिश्च्छन्दोभिरागच्छन्ति'. Certain verses are omitted from the hymns because they are addressed to some other deity or because they are in another metre than the one required. For example, in Ṛg. VIII. 11 the last verse is in Triṣṭubh and so it is omitted in the Gāyatrī group; similarly in Ṛg. X. 8 the last three Triṣṭubh verses are omitted as they are addressed to Indra.