Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c10.26

c10.26

There appears to be no instance of the combination of the particle u or ū with a vowel following: the writing ūm iti in the Pada-pātha text seems to assert the principle that the long vowel is uncombinable. Similarly such forms as ó, pró, mó (where the Pada-pātha has ó iti, pró iti, mó iti) are never combined with a vowel following: it is occasionally necessary to restore for them á ū, prá ū, má ū, etc., with hiatus before ū.