Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.58

c12.58

(i) makṣú and míthū have always long quantity, which is also given in the text. In tṛṣú the long vowel must be restored throughout, the occurrences that have weight being i 58 4c, iv 7 11a, vii 3 4b, and x 91 7b (all 2T). Further purú is found regularly in purú cit, and as an adverb *i 191 9b (2D), vii 62 1b (2T), 97 7d (2T), viii 4 1c (4A), ix 15 2a (4), x 61 13b (2T); and also as the first element in a dvandva derivative, as in purú- purūbhujā v 73 1c (4, 6) and vi 63 8a (2T, 6B), purú- puruhūtáh viii 2 32b (4), 16 7b (4) and in a separated compound, as purú- yác chámsam i 166 13b (2T). For purū-, puru- in ordinary compounds see § 166 iv. sádhū should probably be restored in viii 32 10c (2D), in ii 3 6a (2T) before hiatus, and elsewhere at the end of the verse.