A nasal [vowel] occurring in the interior of a word [i.e. in the non-final position] is [as a general rule] short. (p. 230) - Deshpande (1997)
[A vowel] with one mora [duration] is called “short”. (p. 196) - Deshpande (1997)
A short [syllable, i.e. a syllable with a short vowel], when not followed by a consonant cluster, is [metrically called] light. (p. 185) - Deshpande (1997)