Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.203

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-vā (noun-suffix) after a light syllable: apuá *x 103 12b, áśuā *i 162 19a. -vā (instrum. masc.): krátuā iv 28 3c, vi 12 4c. -vām (loc. fem. sing.): śvaśruám *x 85 46b. -ve (dat. sing.): sahásrabāhue viii 45 26b.
(iii) Miscellaneous syllabic restorations: abhí: loss of initial a is not improbable in ’bhyāvartíne vi 27 5b, ’bhíśriṇánn ix 97 43c: cf. bhiṣáj for abhiṣáj. avayáj: avayájah i 173 12b. Cf. svaráj below. ásveya (in Aufrecht’s text only): áśvyena *x 87 16b. áskra: restore ásakrāḥ vii 43 5b. iyám: yám i 186 11a, vii 66 8b 8c, 86 4d, viii 1 26c, *x 129 6b, *135 7c. iva: va see above §§ 128, 129. ukthá: ucátha v 4 7a, [vi 24 7d], viii 2 30b, x 24 2a. uttaráttāt: uttarát x 36 14b. kvā: kú i 38 2c, v 61 1a (?), 2a bis: but in v 74 1a read kúa for kú. tvám: táva for te *x 10 13b. dáma: for dáme read dáma á ii 1 7d. devá: for devánām read deván vi 51 2b. paścáttāt: paścát x 36 14a. prthiví: prthví i 67 5a, *191 6a, *v 83 9d, vii 34 7b, 99 3d, viii 79 4b. prthví is rightly given in the text vi 12 5b. The restoration is also metrically advantageous, but uncertain, in the following passages: i 33 10a, iii 14 1d, vi 19 12c, vii 3 4a, x 168 1d, *173 4a. paúruṣeya: paúruṣyeṇa *x 87 16a. bṛhacchravas: bṛhacchravāḥ x 66 1a. bṛhaspáti: bráhmaṇaspáti *x 103 8a. bhiyás: bhyásam ii 28 6a, ix 19 6b: cf. bhiṣá. márta: mártia i 38 4b, 63 5b, 73 8a, 77 2c; ii 23 7b; vi 15 8c, 16 46a; vii 4 3b, 25 2b, 100 1a; viii 11 4b, 71 7c; ix 94 3c; x 63 13a, 115 7a, 118 6a. mahímán: for mahnā read mahimnā vi 66 5c. rátha: the stem ráthas is to be restored in ráthasas pátih v 50 5b, x 64 10c, 93 7b: ráthas or a locative ráthe in ratha-ūlha x 148 3d. ródasī: for ródasyoh in i 151 3a, 168 1c read ródasoḥ, which appears in the text ix 22 5a: otherwise ródasioḥ or perhaps ródasioḥ (§ 173 ii). śúcidan: read śúcidantaḥ vii 4 2c. śmáśru: śmáśāru v 7 7c, [x 23 1c], cf. x 96 8a. sahasāvan: read sahāvan i 91 23b. sáhīyas: for sáhiyase i 71 4c read sáhyase. sādh: for sádhantaḥ read sādháyantaḥ x 74 3c. sánú, snú: both forms are found in the Rigveda; read sánúbhiḥ vii 88 3c. sumád, smád: both forms are found in the Rigveda; it is advantageous to read sumád vii 3 8d, [x 61 8b] and sumádūdhniḥ i 73 6b, but smád *i 162 7a. stu: for stávante read staúnte vi 26 7c: for stavāma stavā ii 11 6b. svá: for svásya read suyávasā ii 4 4a: cf. ii 27 12b 13a. svan: for svánit read svaniṣṭa ii 4 6b: cf. svar. svar: for asvārṣṭām read asvariṣṭām ii 11 7b.