Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c11.94

c11.94

(iii) Similarly *a-* is found with hiatus in the conjugation of verbs in radical *-ā*. In similar forms from verbs in *-ī* and *-ū* *iy-*, *uv-* respectively are generally found in the text: but a few cases remain, especially in the conjugation of the verb *bhū* ‘be,’ which seem to fall under this heading.