Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c10.92

c10.92

129. The particle iva is so frequently found in combination with preceding words, without regard to the form of the ending, that the simplest explanation is the presence of the parallel form va, regularly used in Pali and in the verses of Buddhist Sanskrit. As such, the occurrences have already been taken account of amongst the forms which indicate late date. As however they may also be regarded as examples of a peculiar form of Sandhi, it will be well to give the list here.