Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.62

c12.s3.62

From *sah* the text has *sāsáha* and so forth, but *sa-* is preferable in all decisive instances, namely in i 100 5b (5A), 132 1b (5A), ix 110 12c (5A), besides the two in which the text has *sa-*, namely viii 96 15d (9), *x 180 1a (2T). The forms *sāsáhaḥ*, *sāsáhat*, *sāsahiṣṭháḥ*, in which *sā-* has really the long vowel, must therefore be referred to a reduplicated aorist or intensive formation. Cf. *pipáya*, *pīpáyat* above.