Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.127

c12.127

The second group consists of words which are disyllables, and are usually found at the beginning of the verse: they appear therefore as protracted in the second place, especially if the third syllable is short. The forms are (i) paroxytone adverbs in -tra, as yátra, tátra; (ii) pronominal instrumentals in -ena, as yéna, téna; and (iii) disyllabic stems appearing as the prior elements of compounds and derivatives, as in índra-vat, sumna-yú.