Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.32

c12.32

158. Long final vowels are regularly found in the following forms: (i) in the perfect-endings of the 1 pers. sing., 1 pers. pl., and 2 pers. pl. (-ā, -mā, -ā): (ii) in the 2 sing. imperative of the root-aorist middle (-svā) : (iii) in the gerunds in -tyā, -yā (including -āyā): (iv) in the case-endings -tarī, -ī (instr.), -tī, -uī and in enā (pronoun): and (v) in the following adverbs; ácchā, áthā, ená, evá, kílá, ghā, ná in the combination nú cit, purudhá, viśvádhā, viśváhā (including viśváhā), and smā, although the text now and then gives short quantity.