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(6) after wéi lagun, in the meaning of .ti buyin to'; e. g., did 25 ptami log dapani, he began to speak.]
The Noun of the Agent (lalo pur). 22. This is formed by the addition of the syllable J, vól to the oblique form of the noun of action of verbs like wis diun (see abov«). Thus, Joe's dina-võl, a giver ; Jesias lehena-vôl, an eater (also written Joi'cios); pl., JT mo dinavőté ; fein., sg. şi sís dinavoji or winTuis, dinavôjeřá, pl. dælgió dinaviji, or digigos, sinuvijeni. In the case of other verbs the final vowel of the noun of action is elidol buiore the Js, vól; thus, wjgw sózun, tu sond; Jogj, sózanvól, a sender. The fom. sg. in nöji is an old form. The usual form at tho prese at day is that in vöjeni.
23. Another form of the noun of the agent is formed by suffixing us a vun to the stein of the verb. Thus,.wjon sôzun, stem jymo sôi, hence wyjymo sôz-a vun, foin. wgjy sos-arani; pl. wgjo sóc-avoni, fem. digj siz-smi. The verb conjugatod liko wysdyun (see abore, insert an euphonic v before the aoun; thus wys dyun, stem os di, hence ugg di-v-avun.
24. Both these verbal nouns of the agent can be used with a future signification ; e... w? yun, to come, ws: yi-v-avun, one who will cons, that is, who is destined to come, or who nay be expected to come.
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BY J. M. CAMPBELL, C.I.E., 1.0.3.
(Continued from p. 331.) Light. - Light, the scatterer of the terrors that people the dark, is the chief of guardians. Dions.sos is the light and life of the World :100 Gautnmn is the light of Asia : Amitaba Buddha is the infinite light: Jesus is the light of the World : the Light of Heaven and of Earth is Allah. A red ray of light from the right eye of Amitiba brought into life Padmapani, and a blae ray of light from his left eye formed Tår.., the enlightener. A beam of light from Padmapani, the great pitiful, becomes incarnate in the Dalai Lama,
The Guardian gives forth a light. In the great temple at Tyre Melkarth was adored in the form of a luminous stone. It is because the spirit of light lives in them that the diamond, the pearl, the ruby, the crystal, and other clear gems enjoy a worldwide worship as scarers of disease, terror and other forms of evil. Rays of glory issue from the body of Surya. The babe Krishna brightened the dungeon in which he was born. Balder was so fair of face and so shining that a light went forth from him. The face of Moses shone so brightly that he had to wear a veil. In Tibet, the images of Buddha have a glowing halo or nimbus, and
100 Brown's Great Dionysiak Myth, Vol. 1. p. 235. 1 Brown's Great Dionnyak Myth, Vol. I. p. 353. • Inman's Ancient Faiths, Vol. I. p. 101.
1 Schlagintweit's Brelihism in Tibet, pp. 81, 88. 3 Wilkin's Hiwlu Mythology, p. 27. . Edda in The Golden Bough, Vol. II. p. 308.
