VI. DECLENSION. NOUNS. CONSONANT STEMS. 'path', A. m. ukṣaṇam, tákṣāṇam (VS. xxx. 6), tri-mūrdhánam 'three-headed', tri-sirşanam 'three-headed', pánthanam (VS. AV.) prthu-gmánam* 'broad-pathed', plihinam (AV.), majjánam, mūrdhanam, yúvanam, rájanam 2, vŕsanam, svánam, saptá-sirṣaṇam 'seven- headed'. With short a: uksánam, rbhu-ksánam 3 'chief of the Rbhus', pusánam, vŕṣaṇamª. I. m. I. rji-svana, matarí-śvanā, vi-bhvánā. - 2. With syncope: áśnās, pusná, plíhná (VS.), majjñá (AV.), mūrdhná (VS. xxv. 2), rájñā, vŕṣṇā. 3. With Samprasāraṇa: šúnā (AV.). n. asná (VS. xxv. 9) 'blood', áhna 'day', asná 'mouth', udná ‘water', dadhná 'curds', mahná ‘greatness', yakná (VS. xxxix. 8) 'liver', yūṣṇá (VS. xxv. 9) 'broth', vi-šīrṣṇá (Kh. 1. 114) 'headless', sakná (VS.) 'excrement, sirsná 'head', sakthná (VS.) 'thigh'. — D. m. I. rji-śvane, pári-jmane, matari-śvane, vi-bhváne, vŕsane (TS. III. 2. 5²)7. 2. pusné, prati-divne 'adversary at play', murdhné (VS. xxII. 32), rájne, vŕsne³. 3. yine. n. 1. dhúrv-ane 'hurting'. 2. áhne, asné, sirsné. Ab. m. 2. plihnás (AV.), murdhnás, výsnas⁹. n. 2. akṣnás 'eye', áhnas, asnás ¹, udnás, údhnas, yaknás 'liver', vrsnas 'shedding rain', sirsnás. G. m. 1. durgŕbhi-svanas 'continually swelling', pári-jmanas, matari- śvanas (VS.I.2), výsanas ¹2 (AV.). 2. áśnas¹3, ukṣnás, pusnás, yüsnás (or n.), rájñas, vŕsnas. - 3. yanas, śúnas. - n. aksnás (VS. IV. 32; TS.), asnás¹+ (AV.) 'blood', asthnás (AV.) 'bone', áhnas, udnás, dadhnás, výsnas, šaknás (AV.), šīrṣṇás ¹5. - - L. m. 1. rji-svani, matarí-svani, mūrdháni, rájani. 2. jmán ‘way', pári- jman, matari-svan (AV.), murdhán. n. 1. áhani, asáni, udáni, idhani 'udder', kṣámani ‘earth', rājáni, śīrșáni; áhni (AV.). - 2. áhan, asán, udán, údhan, kşáman", gámbhan (VS. xIII. 30) 'depth', sirsán¹7. J — I -gman- = -jman- 'path'. 2 There is also the transfer form adhi- rājá-m (x. 1289). 3 Perhaps from kṣā-= kṣi- 'possess'. 4 In the RV. vŕşanam occurs 53 times, vŕşaṇam only twice. 5 This form (occurring thrice) may possibly be shortened for áśmanã (which occurs twice) from áśman- 'stone'. 6 For *śú-an-ā; hence no shift of accent as in monosyllabic stems. 205 7 Also uśán-e (VI.20¹¹) according to BENFEY, Orient und Occident 2, 242. pári-jmanam, matari-svānam, - V. m. I. uru-jman (AV.) ‘extension', pari-jman, pṛthu-jman (AV.), pūṣan, mūrdhan (VS.xvIII. 55), yuvan, rajan, vrsan, śata-murdhan (VS. XVII. 71; TS.) 'hundred-headed', satya-rājan (VS. xx. 4) 'true king'. - 2. matari-svas ¹8. 8 There is also the transition form byhád- ukṣāya (VS. VIII. 8). 9 BENFEY, Gött. Abh. 19, 261, regards vibhvánā (x. 765) as — Ab. vibhvánas. 10 Also the supplementary forms äsyāt, ās ás. Du. N. A. V. m. I. pári-jmānā, V. mítra-rājānā ‘ye kings Mitra (and Varuņa)', yuvānā, V. yuvānā, rájānā, śvánā. With short vowel: indra-pūṣáṇā, pūsánā, vŕṣaṇā, V. urṣaṇā, somā-pūṣaṇā. With weak stem: yúnä (ix. 685) for yuvana (probably through yúvănā). -2. With au: rájānau, výṣāṇau (AV.), svánau; V. vrṣaṇau, soma-pūṣaṇau. N. A. n. áhaní, cákṣaṇī (AV.) 'eyes', dosáṇī (AV.) 'fore-arms' ¹9. I. m. vŕşabhyam. - D. m. soma-püsábhyam.-G. m. pári-jmanos, indrā- pūṣnós. n. áhnos (AV.). — L. n. akṣnós (Kh. 1. 118). ¹ Also the supplementary form udakắt. 12 For výsa-nama (IX. 9754) GRASSMANN would read výsano ná; cp. WACKERNAGEL 2¹, 68 a, note (p. 160). 13 This form (occurring once) may be shortened for áśmanas (occurring four times). ¹4 With supplementary stem ásr-j-. 15 The G.pisanásya, occurring once, seems to be a transfer form starting from the A. pușáṇam (326 d). 16 There are also the transition forms šīrṣé, pūrvihné: see LANMAN 536. 17 The compound nemann-is- 'following guidance' probably contains a loc. 18 Following the analogy of some stems in -van. 19 Also the transition form śīrsé.
