Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.77

c11.77

(vii) In the declension of nouns in -man, -van following heavy syllables an must regularly be restored for n before case-endings beginning with a vowel: in the case of dāváne and some other words treated as infinitives (§ 84, A 38) this value is given in the text. Certain words, apparently such as were brought into use later, are exceptions, viz. grávan, dadhikrávan, lóman. In the case of stems in -an, and those in -man, -van which follow a light syllable, restoration is not required, except once in rájanā *x 97 22b.