I. ALLGEMEINES UND SPRACHE. 4. VEDIC GRAMMAR. 2. avīs, kramīs (AV.), jīvīs (AV.), tarīs, barhīs, máthis, mardhīs, moșīs, yávis, yodhīs, rakṣīs (AV.), randhīs, lekhīs (VS.v.43), vádhīs, šocīs (VS.xl. 45), sávīs, spharīs, himsīs (VS. AV.). - With -ais: śarais (√śr-, AV.). 3. aśīt (as- 'eat'), gārīt (gṛ- 'swallow'), cârît, jīvīt (AV.), tārīt, dāsīt (das- 'waste'), barhīt, máthit, vadhit (TS. IV. 2. 9¹; VS. XIII. 16), vesit, svanīt, himsīt. Du. 2. táriṣṭam, mardhiṣṭam, hinsistam (AV. VS.). 384 Pl. I. śramisma. - 2. grabhista, vadhista, himsista (AV. TS.); mathistana (AV.), ránistana (Vran-), vadhistana. 3. jāriṣur (jr- ‘waste away'), jīvisur (AV.), tāriṣúr¹ (AV.), vadhișur (AV.), vādiṣur (AV.), himsișur (AV.). 2 Middle. Sing. 1. rādhiṣi (AV.). 2. kṣanisthās ² (AV.), nudisthās 3 (AV.), marşisthas (Vmrs-), vadhisthas (Kh. II. 11³), vyathisthās (AV.). 3. panista, pavista, bādhista. Pl. I. vyathismahi (AV.). is- Aorist Optative. 532. This mood is rare, occurring in the middle only and being formed from hardly a dozen roots. Though the ending is accented, the root appears in a weak form in gmişīya4 (VS.) and rucișiya (AV.). The 2. and 3. sing. take the precative -s-. Middle. Sing. 1. edhiṣīyá (AV.), gmiṣīya³ (VS. III. 19), janiṣīya (AV.)5, rucişīya3 (AV.). - 2. modisīsthas (AV.). 3. janisīsta, vanisista. Du. I. sahisivahi (AV.). Pl. 1. edhişimáhi (AV.), tāriṣīmahi, mandişi- mahi (VS. IV. 14; TS. 1. 2. 3¹ etc.), vandiṣīmáhi, vardhiṣīmáhi (VS. II. 1 4, XXXVIII. 2 1), sahişimahi (AV.), sāhiṣīmáhi (Pada text sahişīmáhi). — DELBRÜCK, Verbum p. 179. Grammar 911-916; Roots 227. sista. — is- Aorist Imperative. 533. Forms of this mood are rare, occurring in the active only and being made from six or seven roots at the most. Among these forms, two only are distinctively imperative, aviddhi and avistu; a few others can be distinguished by having the accent on the ending; the rest, being unaccented and used without má, cannot be distinguished from injunctives. Sing. 2. aviddhi. 3- avistu. Du. 1. avistám, kramiştam, gamistam, 3. canistám, cayiṣṭam (ci-‘gather'), yodhiṣṭam (√yudh-), vadhiṣṭam, śnathistam. 3- avistām. Pl. 2. avitá; avistána, śnathiṣṭana. — A. 3. The sis- Aorist. AVERY, Verb-Inflection 261. WHITNEY, Sanskrit v. NEGELEIN, Znr Sprachgeschichte 86. 534. This aorist, which is inflected exactly like the is aorist, is formed by only six or seven roots in the Samhitas. Middle forms occur in the optative only. — - - - Indicative. Sing. I. ayāsiṣam. Du. 3. ayāsiṣṭām (VS. XXVIII. 14). 3. agāsiṣur (gā- ‘sing'), ayāsiṣur7. - Subjunctive. Sing. 3. gāsisat (gā- ‘sing'), yāsiṣat. ¹ With accent on the ending instead of the root. 2 Cp. BRUGMANN, KZ. 24, 363 f. 3 With weak form of root. Cp. ZIMMER, KZ. 30, 222. 5 The Kathaka has the forms janişeyam and janişeya made from a secondary -a- stem (WHITNEY 907). --- - Pl. 2. áyā- 6 This may be regarded as a form irregu- larly lackings = avistá. 7 ákşişur is formed from as- 'attain', accord- ing to DELBRÜCK, Verbum p. 179; according to WHITNEY, Sanskrit Grammar 913, and Roots 1, from the secondary root akş-; see above p. 383, note 6.
