Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.107

c12.107

(iii) Forms in -uhi (except śṛṇuhí, in which the final vowel is always long) occur as follows: A. 3D, vi 53 4b: 6¹, vi 45 14c, viii 45 22c: 8, vi 25 3d¹, 44 9c, vii 25 2c, ix 91 4b. B. 4A, i 54 9c: 7A, 18 times. C. Final, 10 times. D. Before groups, 9 times. E. 5, i 13 2c. Distinct evidence of quantity is wanting, but the prevalence of occurrences in the position 7A as compared with 8, for which otherwise these forms are equally suitable, and the rather frequent occurrences before consonant-groups, suggest that the vowel was generally regarded as short. The long vowel, however, may reasonably be restored in the occurrences in group A.