Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.112

c12.s3.112

Instances of final *-ī* before a similar vowel are so rare and so indecisive that the rule affecting them can only be inferred from the analogy of final -ā. For -ū we have only the restored phrase nú ū (§ 124): and as nú is then always initial, the quantity cannot be determined. In internal combination we find su-uktá and other words, always with -u.