Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.148

c11.148

(vi) There are several other instances, chiefly in the later part of the Rigveda, where resolution of y v seems to be due to a preceding heavy syllable. Thus we find aniá for anyá in *vii 33 8c (ná’niéna), x *14 3d (sváhā ’nié), 91 8d (ná ’niám): ariáḥ v 33 2d (prā ’riáḥ): and similarly diávā iii 46 5a, duárā iv 51 2c, śienáḥ iv 26 †7a, x 144 5a, śuán ‘dog’ *x 14 10a *11a, (also *86 4c initially), siálā i 109 2b, suádanti viii 50 5c, suadanta ii 1 14c, suáhā iii 32 15a, ahian ix 26 3a (medháyā ’hian).