Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.159

c12.s3.159

The following are examples: diaúr āsīd utá cchadíḥ *x 85 10b nárāyáso ná jálhavaḥ viii 61 11b úd abhráṇīva stanáyann iyarti vi 44 12a sómam śriṇanti matíbhiḥ suarvídam ix 84 5b víśvaṁ dṛḷháṁ bhayata ájman á te vi 31 2d (i) The most important word containing *ch* is *áchā*, which in all cases has the metrical value of *ácchā*; and similarly we find always *gaccha-*, *pṛccha-*, *yaccha-*, *ácchidra*. This evidence outweighs the few instances in which *ch* appears to have the value of a single consonant, namely *uchát* i 48 3a (5), *cachadyāt* x 73 9b (9), *saháchandas* *x 130 7a (6A), *suchadíṣṭama* vii 66 13c (6B). The value *cch* is correctly given in the devanāgarī text wherever the sound occurs medially, and the writing *ch* may therefore be regarded as an error of transliteration: it is however convenient from the point of view of etymology.