Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c10.s1: 132. Table Shewing the Growth of Sandhi Combination in the Rigveda
Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c10.s1
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132. Table Shewing the Growth of Sandhi Combination in the Rigveda
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| Group | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X |
| Bulk¹ | 2·3 | 3·5 | 3·8 | 2·7 | 1·7 | 6 | 3·3 | 2·8 | 3 | 4·7 |
| Exceptional hiatus | 76 | 143 | 157 | 72 | 34 | 84 | 28 | 33 | 22 | 63 |
| ,, combination | 16 | 38 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 78 | 43 | 30 | 113 | 134 |
| Per cent.² | 17 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 31 | 48 | 59 | 48 | 85 | 68 |
| Hiatus after -a³: | | | | | | | | | | |
| dimeter verse | 18 | 28 | 17 | — | 9 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 8 |
| trimeter at caesura | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| ,, elsewhere | 11 | 18 | 14 | 7 | — | 5 | 1 | 1·5 | 1·5 | 4 |
| Hiatus after ā⁴: | | | | | | | | | | |
| dimeter verse | 9 | 9 | 4 | — | 9 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| trimeter at caesura | 7 | 10 | 9 | 5 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| ,, elsewhere | 8 | 7 | 11 | 6 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | ·5 | 2 |
| Hiatus after -i, etc.⁵ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Combination: | | | | | | | | | | |
| sá | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2·5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| -i, etc.⁶ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| -ah, -e⁷ | 1 | 2 | 3·5 | 2 | 2 | 1·5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| duals | 2 | 2 | 1·5 | 3 | 3 | 2·5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| iva⁸ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 4 |
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¹ The unit of bulk in this line consists of 1000 trimeter verses = 1500 dimeter verses. No entries are made in the table below for dimeter and trimeter verses separately in those groups in which the bulk of the kind in question is less than the unit.
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² The figures in this line give the proportion of occurrences of exceptional combination in each 100 exceptional instances of the two kinds taken together.
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³ From this point all the figures are proportionately reduced so as to shew the number of occurrences in each unit of bulk.
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⁴ Including the occurrences of hiatus in dvandva duals.
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⁵ Hiatus after -i, -ī, -u, -ū before similar vowels.
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⁶ Combination of -i, -ī, -u, -ū with dissimilar vowels.
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⁷ Loss of initial a- after -ah and -e.
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⁸ Combination of iva with duals and other words.
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The high proportion in Group IX is largely explained by the numerous occurrences in the two hymns ii 39 and x 106: but even apart from these hymns there are seven occurrences in each unit of bulk.