Sūta said:: The following (technical details about the recitation of Veda) were present (in their bodily forms): Lakṣaṇā (use of a cognate word for another), Vistara (extension, elongation), Stobha (chanted interjection in a Sāman), Nirukta (etymological interpretation), Svarabhakti (phonetically inserted vowel-sound) āśraya, Vaṣaṭkāra, nigraha and pragraha (vowel not subject to sandhi-rules).