The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age c6.7

c6.7

Again the Mt reads at the end of a śloka line, *aṣṭāvimśatir Haihayāḥ*⁴, where the fifth syllable is long by position contrary to rule; and here the literary Pkt form *vīsati* without a termination would fit the metre. The Vā and Bd read instead *caturvimśat (or -vimśas) tu Haihayāḥ* and avoid the irregularity by reducing *vimśati* to *viṃśat* or *viṃśa* and replacing the lost syllable by a superfluous *tu*, which is the nearest approach to it. This expedient is very common as will be seen in the notes.