Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.18

c12.s3.18

(v) The final syllable of a stem in -an seems to be represented by -a in vṛṣāyúdh: but more usually appears as -a, as in the compounds of brahma-. The metre however suggests the restoration of -ā in the following words: dāśabhuji i 52 11a (10); dhanvacará v 36 1c (2T); śatápavitra vii 47 3a (2T) and śatábhuji i 166 8a (2T), vii 15 14c (6); syúmagabhasti i 122 15d (2T), vii 71 3c (2T), syūmagŕbhe vi 36 2c (2T), and syúmaraśmi viii 52 2d (2D). See also § 174 i.