The affix ṇiva after the verb vah 'to carry' in the chandas (Vedas), when the word ending in case-affix is in composition with it.,
As प्रष्ठवाह् Ist sing. प्रष्ठवाट् 'carrying a prashtha measure'; so, दित्यवाट् ।
This division of this sutra from the last is for the sake of the subsequent sutras, into which the anuvritti of वह् only is carried and not of सह्. See Yajur. Veda. (XIV. 10), (XVIII. 26).,