Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.84

c11.84

(iii) various initial syllables, namely jyá ‘bow’: jiá, except in iv 27 3c, *x 166 3b : jiāká always. jyók ‘long’: jiók, except in *vi 28 3d, *x 124 1d. tredhá: trayidhá, except in vi 69 8d, *x 87 10d. dvá ‘two’: duá etc. are the more usual forms, but dvá, dvaú etc. are found in i 28 2a, 35 6a, 83 3a, iii 2 9d, iv 30 19a, 33 5a, v 62 6d, viii 72 7b, *x 17 2d : dvádaśá *vii 103 9a, dvádaśākṛti *i 164 12a. For dvíḥ see § 148 v. vī ‘go’: viánti, viántu, but ávyan iii 49 1b; vyántaḥ i 127 5f 5g; vyantu vii 19 6d. śreṇi and derivatives: always śráyiṇi. syoná ‘soft’: always sioná. svargá ‘heaven’: always suargá. On the other hand sváná is always to be read for suváná of the text from sú ‘press’: but not in vii 38 2d, where it is the participle of sū ‘stir.’