Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.19

c11.19

Syllabic restoration is also justified as a conjecture in words and forms which are not very frequent, if it is suggested in one or two passages and if reasonably near analogies can be found in any of the sections above: but the application of this principle is a matter for individual judgment. In very common words and forms restoration is not justified by an occasional opportunity in the text, and it is therefore unnecessary to discuss such suggestions as the restoration of -aam -aah in the acc. fem. sing. and nom. pl. respectively of the suffixal -a -ā declensions.