Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.36

c11.36

(i) Words in which y is always syllabic in the Rigveda are ukṣaṇa (prop. name), aucathiá, kṣámia, gáṇia, jámaria, dámia, púṣia, yávia, hŕdia: also ánia, in which the suffix is -a: the gerundives ávyathia, gádhia, tújia, dábhia, dŕsia, yújia, vihávia, śásia, gopayátia: brahmaṇiá, śamiá, háviá, himiá. For yavyā the metrical value seems to be yaviā or even yaviā, but we find the compound yavyāvatī.