Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c7.s3.6
Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c7.s3.6
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c7.s3.6
6. *ādhipati* ‘lord,’ in *ādhipatya*. Cf. B 103.
7. *ánumati* ‘reflection.’
8. *áyana* ‘going,’ in *\*ā-, ud-, upa-, \*nir-, \*ni-, \*parā-, \*vi-, suprā-, sūpa-ayana*.
9. *áranya* ‘strange,’ and *āraṇyá*.
10. *\*ákūti* ‘attention.’
11. *iṣu* ‘arrow,’ with *iṣu-kṛt, -dhí, \*-bala, -mat, \*-hasta; \*āsann-, kṣiprá-, \*tigmá-, and su-iṣú*; and in *\*aniṣavyá*. The group *iṣudhy, iṣudhyá, iṣudhyú* is earlier.
12. *óṣadhi* ‘herb,’ except in the form *óṣadhīṣu*. Cf. B 4.
13. *\*kaśyápa* (proper name).
14. *kīrtí* ‘glory.’ But *sukīrtí* belongs to the Rigveda.
15. *\*gandhá* ‘smell’: with *\*áñjana-, \*dhūmá-gandhi, sugándhi* and *sugandhí*.
16. *candrámās* ‘moon.’
17. *\*tarh* ‘destroy,’ with *\*tárhaṇa* and *dasyutárhaṇa*.
18. *\*tīkṣṇá* ‘sharp,’ with *\*tīkṣṇáśṛṅga*.
19. *abhī dās* ‘plot.’
20. The phrase *\*náma(ḥ) astu* ‘worship be done.’
21. *\*nāth* ‘need,’ and *\*anāthá*.
22. *páyasvant* ‘rich in milk.’
23. *paridhí* ‘enclosure.’
24. *\*púṇya* ‘fragrant,’ with *\*púṇyagandha*.
25. *prajá* ‘family.’ The compounds are common in the Rigveda. Cf. B 36.
26. *pratiṣṭhá* ‘rule, standard.’
27. *bhūtí* ‘subsistence.’
28. *bhrātṛvya* ‘clanship’ in *abhrātṛvyá*.
29. *maní* ‘jewel,’ and *maṇigrīvá*.
30. *\*rājanía* ‘of royal blood.’
31. *rātrī* ‘night,’ with *\*ati-, \*aho- rātrá*.
32. *rāṣṭrá* ‘royalty,’ with *\*abhīrāṣṭra*.
33. *rudh, rundh* ‘hinder.’
34. *-vatsará* ‘year’ in *pari-, sam-vatsará*; *pari-, sam-vatsarīṇa*.
35. *várman* ‘shield,’ with *vármanvat* and *varmín*.
36. *varṣá* ‘rain,’ with *varṣá-nirṇij, \*varṣía*.
37. *vaśín* ‘ruler.’
38. *vásas* ‘robe’: one or two compounds are earlier.
39. *vīrúdh* ‘herb.’
40. *vṛkṣá* ‘tree,’ with *vṛkṣákeśa*.
41. *\*śvásura* ‘father in law,’ with *\*śvaśrú*.
42. *ṣáṣ* ‘six.’
43. *sajátá* ‘related.’