Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.38

c12.s3.38

(iii) The metrical use of abhíyúj is the same as that of purubhúj (§ 166 iv), and it may be right to restore abhíyúj in iii 11 6a, viii 45 8a, ix 21 2a (all 6). On the other hand abhiṣáḥ must be restored in vii 4 8d (6A). The general use hardly justifies us in keeping the reading abhí where it stands in the text as a separate word, namely in abhí duá x 48 7b (2T), abhí narám ix 97 49c (2T), abhí narāḥ v 9 7a (6), ix 101 3a (6), abhí navante ix 100 1a (2D), abhí naḥ i 140 13a (2T), iv 31 4a (2D), ix 97 51a (2T), abhí ṣát ii 41 10b (2D), vii 32 24a (2D).