Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c7.29

c7.29

15. Many monosyllabic stems remain in use in classical Sanskrit, but a large number are peculiar to the Rigveda. These include several common words, viz. *kṣá*, *tmán* (with *purutmán*), *níd* (with *devaníd*), *píḳṣ* (with *supíḳṣ*), *pít* (with *pṛtsutúr*), *máh* (with the adverb *maháḥ*), *vṛ́dh* (with the infinitive *vṛdhé*), and *sṛ́dh* (with *asṛ́dh*); and nearly all the words which are rare even in the Rigveda, viz. *ámh*, *árc*, *íḍ*, *úd*, *kíp*, *kṣáp*, *kṣíp*, *kṣú*, *kṣúbh*, *kṣmá* (in *kṣmáḥ*), *khá*, *gúh*, *gṛ́bh*, *gmá* (in *gmáḥ*), *jñáś*, *jmán* (with *jmayá*, the verb *jmāy* and *párijman*), *tár*, *túc*, *túj*, *túr*, *trá*, *dán*, *dá*, *dáś*, *dú*, *nádh*, *nábh*, *nāś*, *nábh*, *pāś*, *píś*, *púr*, *pṛ́c*, *psúr*, *bádh* (with *jñubádh*, *paribádh*, *somaparibádh*), *bhíd*, *bhíṣ*, *bhúj*, *bhráj*, *mít*, *míh*, *múr*, *mūṣ*, *mṛ́c*, *yú*, *rán*, *rít*, *ríp*, *ríṣ*, *rúp*, *ván*, *vás*, *víj*, *víd*, *víp*, *vít* (with *vṛtamśayá*), *vṛ́ś*, *vrá*, *śáś*, *sáh*, *sú*, *stár*, *stí* (with *stipá*), *stút*, *stúbh*, *sthá*, *srú*, *hrút*.