Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.109

c12.109

(iv) Of other forms in -dhi, -hi the occurrences in positions favouring short quantity greatly preponderate, but the restoration of a long vowel is very probable in the positions of group A, and also in the positions 2T, 2D. Such occurrences are: A. 3D, viii 65 5c¹: 5B, *x 10 10c²: 8, ii 26 2a¹⁴, vii 1 3a³, viii 60 6a³: 10, iii 54 22d⁴. B. 2T, i 129 11a⁵, *164 40c⁶, 189 4a⁵, ii 11 17d⁷, vi 2 11c⁸, vii 1 13a⁵, viii 3 12a⁹ 12c¹⁰, 96 10d¹¹, ix 89 7c¹⁰, *x 51 5a¹: 2D, i 27 3c⁵, 36 15a⁵, 129 9b⁷, *133 2c¹², iii 45 1b⁷, iv 48 1d⁷, viii 3 11a⁹, 46 25b⁷, 60 9a⁵ 9d⁵, 78 10d¹³, 93 31b⁷.