A verse listing ten uses for the Sanskrit present tense

[Kellner, Birgit]

Dear colleagues, 
 
this is a question for the Vaiyākaraṇas. In his Vyākhyāyukti, Vasubandhu cites a verse which lists ten instances where the present tense is used - and these all might be instances where the present tense is used for something past. The text is only preserved in Tibetan translation, and I was wondering whether anyone knows where the list might be from. It is followed by examples for each of these uses. My understanding of the ten uses is: 

(1) Incompletion, (2) proximity to the present, (3) capability, (4) continuity, (5) disposition, (6) general state of affairs, (7) repetition, (8) becoming, (9) desire, (10) perfection. 
  
The Tibetan reads: 
 
ma zin ñid daṅ ñe ba ñid /
/ nus daṅ rgyun mi 'chad ñid daṅ /
/ de ṅaṅ (corr. : daṅ) chos ñid yaṅ daṅ yaṅ /
/ srid daṅ 'dod rdzogs rnams la 'byuṅ /
 
Help would be greatly appreciated, 
 
all the best, 
 
Birgit Kellner


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Prof. Dr. Birgit Kellner
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