[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [Vedic Metre in its Historical Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905) › c19.s1.5 # Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s1.5 Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c19.s1.5 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1.5) \*Syllabic restoration\*: (i) of \*ī\* \*ū\* for \*y\* \*v\* followed by the grave accent: (ii) of \*i\* for \*y\* in the instr. sing. \*-yā\* and the dual form \*-yoḥ\* after heavy syllables; in the suffixes \*-ya\* \*-yā\* after heavy syllables; in the words \*gúhya\*, \*jánya\*, \*tyá\*, \*dadhyáñc\*, \*divyá\*, \*nárya\*, \*pratyáñc\*, \*mádya\*, \*yújya\*, \*sakhyá\*, \*syá\* and some others: in the optatives \*aśyám\* and \*syám\*; and in the suffixes \*-bhyaḥ\*, \*-bhyām\* after heavy syllables at the end of the verse: (iii) of \*u\* for \*v\* in \*tvám\*, \*tvám\*, \*tvá\*, \*tva\*, \*svá\* and in the instr. sing. fem. in \*-vā\*: (iv) of \*aa\* for \*ā\* in the gen. pl. \*-ām\* at the end of the verse: (v) of \*-an\* for \*n\* in the declension of nouns in \*-an\*, \*-man\*, \*-van\*: and (vi) of \*ar\* for \*r\* in the dual forms \*pitróḥ\*, \*mātróḥ\*, \*svasróḥ\*. - [Previous: c19.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1.4) - [Next: c19.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1.6) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c19.s1.5) · Pramāṇa