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however, which most frequently -dccusiin the first verse are! those num-: 
bered, in.the general schemie of the, Chjkandas; from seventeen to twenty-= 
two, and from twenty-five to thirty, inclusive, each of whichend in three, 
long preceded by one short syllables HidsetbBtonging tothe second verse, : 
are those numbered: from eighty-one-to eighty-four and from eighty-nine 
to ninety-four, inclusive, ending ina short between two long syllables, pres ; 
ceded by a short syllable, The rule;:therefore, for the composition of the: 
Sléca Vrittam, liable to sueh exceptions as may be caused by the occasional ; 
appearance of the other species: admissible into the first.line, may thus. 
be stated: the. three first syllables of every verse are common, excepting, . 
that a long syllable must be found either in the second or third place s 
the fifth syllable in each line must be shorts the three last syllables of 
the first and third verse must be longs; and the second and fourth must 
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conclude with a short between two long syllables. 
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Tur Anushiubh Vrittam, of the Véda, is not restricted to any species 
of the Chhandas, but provided the iambic measure, allowing nevertheless 
ofa very free intermixture of trochees, pyrrics and spondees, is preserved, 
may beused. [tis necessary, however, that the iambic structure should 
be more carefully maintained in the second and fourth, than in the first 
and third lines, and in this respect the rythm of this stanza is distin- 
guished in a very marked manner from that of the Siéca Vrittam: the 
whole number of species which ends in two iambics are sixteen, ranking 
in the general scheme of the Chhandas from eighty-one to ninety-six 
inclusive, of which four are rejected from the second line of the Sloca 
