Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.121

c12.s3.121

In all these cases there is authority even in the text of the Rigveda for considering that there is no real hiatus, but a resolution into a vowel and a semi-vowel, or in the case of -o for -ah, a retention of the original ending -as. Thus in the declension of dhí the text gives dhíyam for dhí-am, and in the vocative of -u stems -av for -o.