Talk:Vedic meter
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[edit] Virāj
I'm not sure how to fix the listing of metres. Virāj as 4x10 is not strictly correct. The original Virāj was 3x11 (i.e. to triṣṭubh as gāyatri is to anuṣṭubh), and 4x10 can also be virāṭsthānā. The 4x10 "virāj" terminology probably evolved from the dvipadā virāj. It has to do with the fact that these metres are actually 11 "positions" long, metrically, i.e. triṣṭubh, with a full rest at (or after, depending on your point of view) the caesura: the virāṭsthānā pāda corresponding to the triṣṭubh with the caesura after the fourth syllable, and dvipadā virāj to the triṣṭubh with the caesura after the fifth. Thus the former has a 4+(1)+6 pāda structure, and the latter 5+(1)+5 - which is so regular that treating a hemistich of two such pādas as 4x5 is just as good, although it somewhat mysteriously makes the "two-foot virāj" have four feet.:-)
I suppose fixing all this will need a fuller treatment of the various metres. (Not to mention that the classical śloka is not the same as the Vedic anuṣṭubh.) rudra 07:04, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
