Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.34

c12.s3.34

(i) The compounds ápī-, abhí-, párī-, and prá-vṛta always occur where the long vowel is favoured, except vii 27 2d (6A); cf. ā-vṛta in subsection iv. In cognate words the value varies; thus nīvṛta, trivít and suvít are regular, but we find ápāvṛti viii 66 3c (10), abhívartá *x 174 1a (2D), ánapāvṛt vi 32 5c (8), x 89 3a (8), and should perhaps read ánīvṛta *iii 29 6c (10) and suvīvíta i 10 7a (2D).