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Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s1: Group I

Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s1

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Group I

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(i) Protracted forms of the first person plural in -ma occur 28 times in the eighth place, being in the proportion of almost 50 in 1000, as follows: 8, i 73 9b, 94 1b 1d 2d 3d 4a, 132 1b¹ 1f, 165 7c, ii 2 10b, 33 4a, iii 33 10a, iv 10 1d, *58 2a *2b, v 3 6a¹, 42 6b, 45 5b 6a, vii 27 5b¹, 57 4c, viii 25 22c¹, x 2 2c, 63 10d 14d, 80 7b, 111 1c, 148 1d¹. Also 2T, vii 20 8d¹: 2D, viii 63 10c¹.

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¹ The text has -ma.

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The corresponding dual form in -va is never protracted.

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(ii) The perfect forms in *-tha* (2 pers.) and *-a* (3 pers.) are protracted in the 8th place 18 times, being in the proportion of 25 in 1000, and 7 times elsewhere. The occurrences are: *-thā*; 8, ii 9 3c, *viii 48 9b, *x 180 2b: 2D, vi 16 3a¹, viii 24 24a¹: 4B, vii 37 3a. *-ā*; 8, i 31 5c, 145 1a, ii 23 13d, v 1 5d, 45 6d, vi 1 6b 9c, vii 18 24b, viii 29 2a², ix 70 9d, x 5 5b, 67 6b, 111 2d 4c, *181 1d: 2T, i 122 9d², viii 61 12c: 2D, i 25 8c 9c. Perfects of verbs in *-ā*, as *paprā* i 69 1b, *jahā* viii 45 37c, have always *-ā*, and are not included above.

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¹ *vétthā.*

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² The text has *-a*.

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(iii) The thematic imperatives in *-sva* (with which we include perfect forms like *dadhiṣvá*) are protracted 9 times in the eighth place, being in the proportion of 20 in 1000. The occurrences are ii 33 2d, 37 3b, iii 60 5b, vi 41 5c, ix 80 4d, 90 4b, 97 44b 44d, x 112 3d. Also once in the position 4B, vi 23 8a.

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(iv) The instrumental forms of nouns in *-ena* are protracted in the 8th place 24 times, being in the proportion of 35 in every 1000. The instances are i 32 5c, 33 13b, 116 24a, 117 21c, *164 30d *38b, iii 31 12c, 32 2c, iv *18 5b, 34 8c, 39 3d, vi 32 2a, vii 18 17b, viii 66 9c¹, ix 70 2b, 80 1c, 84 5d, 96 17c, *x 42 10d, 56 3a, *88 4b, 111 2c, *139 4b, *180 1c. There is also an occurrence in the sixth place of epic Anuṣṭubh, *vii 55 7c.

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¹ The text has *-ena*.

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