Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c7.s3.3

c7.s3.3

3. Verbs of common life: compounds of ad ‘eat,’ *āmád, *ūrjád, karambhád, *kravyád, *pūruṣád, *madhu-ád, yavasád, *yavád, viśvád, suhutád, *sūyavasád, *somád, *havirád, havyád; an ‘breathe,’ with ávyanant, ānā, prāṇá, apiprāṇa, prāṇana; aś ‘eat,’ with *ánaśnant, áśna, prāśú, prāśávya, and *śāsánānaśaná; īks ‘see,’ with īkṣeṇia; khan ‘dig,’ with *khanitár, *khanítra, khanìtrima; *gup ‘watch’; *gopāy ‘tend’; ghas (jakṣ) ‘swallow,’ with *ghásī, jagdhá, *jagdhváya; crt ‘knot,’ with vicŕt and samcŕt; chid ‘break,’ with áchidyamāna, áchinnapatra, ukháchid, *chidrá (but áchidra and its compounds are established earlier); jīv ‘live’ (but jīváse is earlier); duṣ ‘pollute’; dviṣ ‘hate’; nart (nṛt) ‘dance,’ with nṛtí, nṛtú; naś ‘be lost,’ with *ánaṣṭapaśu, -vedas, and manánáś; nah ‘sew’; pac ‘cook’; pad ‘go,’ with *anipádyamāna; bandh ‘bind’ (but baddhá is earlier); ádhi brū ‘comfort’; mar (mṛ) ‘die’; muh ‘be bewildered’; vad ‘speak’; sam vidáná ‘possessed of’; vyadh ‘wound,’ with *ánāviddha and *hṛdayávidh; śap ‘curse,’ with *śapátha, *śapathía; śar, śir ‘break’; śiṣ ‘remain over’; *śuṣ ‘be dry’; sarp ‘creep’; sumanasy ‘be kind’; hīms ‘hurt,’ with áhīmsat, áhīmsāna, áhīmsyamāna, and *hīmsrá.