Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c7.s2.4

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c7.s2.4

4. Duals in *-au* before consonants or at the end of an even *pāda*. To the lists given in Lanman's *Noun-Inflection in the Veda* pp. 340, 341, 342, and 576 are to be added *aṣṭaú*, *kaú*, *dvaú*, *nau*. Before vowels (except *u*)-*āv* is found throughout the Rigveda: but see §§ 128, 129.

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