Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.58

c12.s3.58

From dhar (dhṛ) the text has dādhára, etc. in all strong forms: this is confirmed by the metre, for the word never stands in Triṣṭubh cadence, and only in one case, ix 74 2d (5A), is the short vowel metrically preferable.