Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.42

c11.42

The fact that śantya is always disyllabic suggests that satyá may be the true reading. One or two other words, as *mátsya* and *mádhyamdina*, have also always *y* consonant, but the occurrences are few. It does not therefore seem practicable to distinguish between *-ia* and *-ya* suffixes after heavy syllables.