Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.57

c11.57

139. Syllabic restoration is required, more often than not, where the text gives *y v r* or *n* immediately followed by a case-ending beginning with a vowel, and especially in the instrumental singular and gen. loc. dual forms: for instance, we must read *pátiā*, *mádhuā*, *pitaróḥ*, *svadhávane*, where the text gives *pátyā*, *mádhvā*, *pitróḥ*, *svadhávne* respectively.