Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.14

c12.s3.14

vasu-: most of the compounds have u; but ū should probably be restored in most (if not all) occurrences of vásudhiti, namely i 128 8a (10), 181 1d (2T), iv 8 2a (6), 48 3a (6); the other occurrences are iii 31 17a and vii 90 3d (both 6A). In vasurúc ū should probably be restored in the single occurrence ix 110 6b (2T), and in vasuvíd the long vowel should certainly be restored in the majority of instances, the following v being an accessory cause, namely in i 46 2c (6), viii 23 16a (6), 60 12d (6), 61 5c (10), ix 101 11d (6), 104 4a (6), x 42 3d (2T). The reading of the text is only supported by *i 164 49c, vii 41 6c, ix 96 10a, where the word follows an early caesura.