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The Impeller's Verse: How a Stanza to Savitṛ Became the Gāyatrī
The most recited verse in Hinduism began as an ordinary stanza to a second-rank god. The story of how RV 3.62.10 became the Gāyatrī is a study in how meter, deity, and goddess collapsed into one another.
The Syllable Clock: How Meter Dates the Rigveda From Within
A famous Rigvedic line does not scan, until you read it the way it was first sung. The story of how Oldenberg and E. V. Arnold turned syllable counting into a clock for the Rigveda's hidden internal chronology.