Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.48

c12.48

(i) The imperative in *-ā*, *-a* occurs in over 1300 passages: in 40 the vowel is certainly short, in the following positions: 5. *i 23 23d, 42 4c, iii 51 11b, vi 51 13c, viii 32 7c, ix 49 4b, 61 23c, 63 22c, 66 30c, *x 9 9d, *85 35c, *87 25d. 7. viii 44 2c, ix 107 6c, 114 *3d *4b. 7B. iii 32 12c, viii 51 3c, *x 18 11b. 9. i 56 2d, 57 4d, 102 3a 5c, 144 7a, ii 23 1d, iii 15 6a, vi 15 16b, *47 29d, vii 13 3c, 18 18b, *viii 100 4a, x 38 1b, *87 9a *10a *17d, *95 1a, *103 5d, 122 2a, 148 3a. 11. i 102 3d. Also probably in x 116 7d (6A).