Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.64

c11.64

The declension of *raí* ‘wealth’ is hardly to be separated from that of *rayí*: a trisyllabic form *rayíṇā* (*rayiá*, *rāyiá*) is required in i 129 9a 10a, vii 67 9b, x 93 13a, and similarly *rayáye* [v 41 11b], i 100 16b, *rayáyaḥ* i 167 1c, viii 71 4b, and perhaps iv 48 1b.