Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.126

c12.126

The first group consists of words which are usually of more than two syllables, and are most commonly found before the caesura and at the end of the verse. The final syllable in this group is protracted in the eighth place of trimeter verse. The forms are (i) the first person plural (other than of perfects) in -ma; (ii) the second and third persons singular of the perfect in -tha, -a; (iii) the thematic and perfect imperative in -sva; and (iv) the instrumental of nouns in -ena.