An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon

An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon - 44
counter-examples to this cf. Dhp 344 & Sn 527). With Vetālīya and
Āpātalikā there appears to be no particular rule about line order,
perhaps because their mattā count is the same.
Examples: Vetālīya & Opacchandasaka - Dhaniyasutta Sn I:2;
Sabhiyasutta Sn III:6 (part: 510-540); Vetālīya & Āpātalikā from
Vangīsa’s gāthās Th 1214-1222.
3.4 Siloka and other metres
So far we have mainly been considering the mixing of metres that
employ similar structural principles, and that may account for the
ease with which it was felt to be possible to move between the
metres. However, when we come to Siloka, we have a syllabic metre
with an Addhasamavutta structure. None of the other metres have
this particular combination of characteristics of course, but still we
frequently find Siloka lines appearing alongside other metres,
perhaps because it was by far the most common and familiar of the
metres employed.
Normally the situation appears to be that account has been taken of
the structure of the Siloka in mixing, and we usually find Siloka odd
and even lines appearing in their expected positions in the verse.
Below we will see that various combinations can be illustrated:
Siloka & Tuṭṭhubha
Th. 1253 = Tuṭṭhubha, a - Siloka, bcd etc.
Dhp. 330 = Siloka, ab - Tuṭṭhubha, cd
Sn. 1061 = Tuṭṭhubha, ab - Siloka, cd
Sn. 1055 = Siloka, a - Tuṭṭhubha, bcd
Sn. 423 = Siloka, abd - Tuṭṭhubha, c
Sn. 482 = Tuṭṭhubha, abc - Siloka, d
Sn. 995 = Tuṭṭhubha, abd - Siloka, ef (Jagatī, c):
−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha
So Bāvarī attamano udaggo,