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RICHARD SCHMIDT: A PRIMER OF SAURASENĪ
3. vaṭṭade158; 3. Plur. vaṭṭante]. For the first Sing. frequent examples are jane and 'na āne (jāne resp. na jāne) just as 'manne (manye); sporadically lahe (labhe), icchel59-vardhate naturally becomes vadḍhadi (M. vaḍdhai), vardhāmahe vaḍdhāmo, prekṣadhve pekkhadha160, nayatha nedha.
b) Optative: 1. bhaveam and bhave, pahave, laheam and lahe, jiveam (bhaveyam, prabhaveyam, labheyam, jiveyam)161; 2. M. hasějjahi, karějjāsu and kuņijjāsu galijjāsu (haseḥ, kuryah, [27] galeḥ)3. "bhave, purae, uddhare (bhavet, pūrayet, uddharet)162- 3. Plur. bhave (bhaveyuh). Notice M. hojja (bhāyāt).
c) Imperative : 2. Person 'karesu (kuru), āṇesu (anaya), 'bhuñjasu (bhungdhi), kadhesu (kathaya); Mg. lahkasu (rakṣa), āgaścesu (agaccha), desu (dehi), dhālesu (dharaya).- Middle forms like pěkkhassa (prekṣasva) are to be considered as Sanskriticisms and to be emended.
Present stems with a short final, as a rule are formed as in Sanskrit: "bhana (beside 'bhanahi), gaccha, Mg. gasca; pekkha, M. pěccha, Mg. peska (prekṣasva); "hasa, Mg. hasa (hasa).-With long finals there comes in hi: 'karehi. Mg. kalehi (kuru); mantehi (mantraya), kadhehi (kathaya), siḍhilehi (sithilaya), jālehi (jvālaya); Mg. malehi (māraya), ghosehi (ghosaya); "hohi (bhava)
The 3. Sing ends in 'du, M. u: 'bhodu, M. hou (bhavatu); pasidadu (prasidatu), kadhedu (kathayatu); Mg. muñcadu, nisidadu (muñcatu, niṣidatu); M. maraü, deu, paaṭṭaü (maratu, dayatu, pravartatu, i.e. mriyatām, dadātu, pravartatām).
The 1. Plur. has mha ending: gacchamha, uvavisamha, uvasappamha pekkhamha, karemha, nivedĕmha, 'kilěmha, homha (gacchāma, upavisāma, upasarpāma, prekṣāmahai, karavāma, nivedayāma, krīḍāma, bhavāma); M. abbhatthemha, (abhyarthayama); Mg. anneśamha, pivamha, palāamha, kalĕmha (anveṣayāma, pibāma, palāyāmahai, karavāma).
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2. Plur. parittaadha [Mg. pali], samassasadha, avanedha, hodha (paritrayadhvam, samāśvasita, apanayata, bhavata); M. ṇamaha, rañjeha, raeha (namatha, rañjayata, racayata); Mg. ośaladha (apasarata), suṇādha (smuta), māledha (mārayata).
3. Plur pasidantu [Mg. pasi], pěkkhantu, hontu (prasidantu, prekṣantām, bhavantu); M. nandantu, vilihantu (nandantu, vilikhantu).
d) of the Imperfect only 'asi, āsī (āsīt), however, used for all persons and (numbers) has been kept.
158. M. pěcchae (prekṣate), palambae (pralambate).
159. Mg. gãe (gāyāmi).
160. Mg. pěskadha.
161. M. kuppějja (kupyeyam).
162. M. jivějjā! (jivet), dharejjä (dhriyeta), viharějja (viharet); Mg. müse (muṣet), khayye (*khādyet = khādet).
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