Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c7.s2.9

c7.s2.9

9. Nouns adapted to stems in *-a*: (*a*) in *-anta*; *tarantá*, *dánta*, *pánta*, *vasantá*, *vaiśantá*, *sámanta*, *hemantá*; (*b*) compounds in *-akṣá* ‘eye’; *adhi-*, *an-*, *catur-*, *bhūri-*, *ṣad-*, *sam-*, *sahasra-*, *hiraṇya-akṣá*; (*c*) compounds in *-yājá*, *-rājá*; *ati-*, *anu-*, *jīva-*, *pra-yājá*; *adhirājá*, *rājaká*; (*d*) *pāda*, with *nipādá*, *pāñcapāda*, *pādaká*, *pādagṛhyā*; (*e*) *púruṣa*, with *puruṣí*, *paúruṣeya*, *púruṣa*, *púruṣād*, *púruṣaghná*, *apúruṣa*, *āpúruṣaghna* [the forms *puruṣátā*, *puruṣatrá*, *puruṣatvátā*, and *puruṣía* are established in the Rigveda proper, and should either be derived from a stem *púrus-* or treated as the beginnings of the transition]; (*f*) *māṃsá*, with *māṃsabhikṣá*; (*g*) *māsa*; (*h*) *hŕdaya*, with *hŕdayāvídh* and *hŕdayía*. For *svarājá* (conjecturally) see § 151 iii.