Excerpt from Vedic Metre: In Its Historical Development My first task in this work is accordingly to delimit the 'popular Rigveda, ' which has generally been vaguely described as consisting of certain hymns appended to the first nine Mandalas, and the majority of those of Mandala x. For this purpose an examination of the language has proved the most effective method: but the evidence is greatly strengthened by the fact that the differences found in the language are throughout accompanied by differences of metre. These ...
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Excerpt from Vedic Metre: In Its Historical Development My first task in this work is accordingly to delimit the 'popular Rigveda, ' which has generally been vaguely described as consisting of certain hymns appended to the first nine Mandalas, and the majority of those of Mandala x. For this purpose an examination of the language has proved the most effective method: but the evidence is greatly strengthened by the fact that the differences found in the language are throughout accompanied by differences of metre. These differences are sometimes broadly marked, sometimes subtle: but they can alway be clearly recognized when expressed by numerical calculations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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