Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c10.7

c10.7

116. The discussion in this chapter is limited to the consideration of the treatment of final vowels and diphthongs, and of final syllables ending in *ḥ* and *m*, so far as syllabic combination is possible with the latter. By a final vowel is meant a vowel occurring at the end of a word or the first part of a compound, and so with the other final syllables concerned. The treatment of final consonants does not affect the metre except as included above, for there is no reason to think that any final consonant does not contribute to make position.