Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c12.s3.98

c12.s3.98

The cases of *mó* and *nó* are not quite so clear, but are generally similar. In one instance *mó* is to be resolved into *mā ū* (subsection ii): in addition it is used twenty times initially, usually without metrical advantage, seven instances being in the popular Rigveda (*i 50 13d, *ix 114 4d, x *27 20b, *59 4a 8e = 9f = 10f) and only twice elsewhere in the verse, namely in v 31 13b (6B), *x 18 13b (8). So in one instance *nó* stands for *ná ū*: otherwise it occurs ten times in the popular Rigveda, and only twice outside it, namely in iv 21 9c (8), and vi 54 3d (init.). Both words occur occasionally before vowels, and then are neither combined nor shortened.