Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.243

c11.243

It does not fall within the scope of this book to trace the history of resolved forms according to the principles of comparative grammar. That forms like *páanti* and *gáam* are not necessarily older in themselves than *pánti* and *gám* has been pointed out by J. Wackernagel (*Altindische Grammatik*, § 45) and others.