Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.10
Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.10
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c12.s3.10
(iv) Of final -ū in composition there are many traces in the text, always confirmed in the metre, as urūṇasá, ulúkhala, purútáma, purūrávas, vibhúvasu, vasújū: whilst other words have -u, as iṣuhasta, gātuvíd, dasyuhán. The long vowels may be connected with adverbial forms, see § 160 above. Further there are many cases in which the metre suggests the restoration of ū regularly or occasionally, as follows:
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- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit