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to bear the yoke of the kingdom.' java evam jampai sā kannagā tāva ya tena ukkhitto ajjautto Erz. While the girl was speaking like this he threw the prince up.'
In a general statement present may be used in both the condition and the result. jāva na ei kese tāva jivai so duhi U. 7.3.. * As long as the guest does not come so long does that wretched animal live.'
Sometimes present may have the force of a desire, advice or an order. gacchasi maggam visohiyā U. 10.32. Having purified the way you should go.' Some forms of the present may also be used paranthetically : keņa manne käraneņa Vas. 'For what reason, do you think.'
421 PAST TENSES. Of the three past tenses of Sanskrit the Aorist has given rise to the past tense of Ardha-Māgadhi while only sporadic forms of the imperfect and perfect are to be met with along with their peculiar use. On the whole the past tense is of limited occurrence in Prākrit and is replaced by the participle construction.
422 It expresses the past action. Tezglsti farmi arti SHTE aqui serefimi U. 12.8. 'Having covered his own body he spoke these words.' 3757 faut faETE I U. 23.9. 'Both of them lived there.'
423 With the negative particle it expresses prohibition. HT T queifase FIA I U. 1.10. Do not do wicked act.' In a number of cases the forms of the past tense express the result in a conditional sentence. उदगस्स फासेण सिया य सिद्धी faisa masa STIRE I Şut. 17.14. “If there can be liberation with the touch of water, many living beings in water may become liberated.' E O JAI Sport i Sut. 1.4.2.2.. "Many sinful teachers may carry him.'
424 The forms of imperfect also express the past tense. iņamobbavi kāsava asupanne Sut. 1.5.1.2. “Thus spoke the
