Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c10.27

c10.27

The combination of ná ‘as,’ and sá ‘he’ is comparatively rare, and the instances are therefore given as exceptions in § 122. The readings sáḥ, só, sá in the Saṃhitā text seem all to result from later theories: they are often used even when there is really combination, as in v 4 6d.