Re: [INDOLOGY] 'as' ātmanepada?

[Walter Slaje]

Unaware at his time of the *Bhaṭṭikāvya *evidence, Whitney says that
"Middle forms from *as* are also given by the grammarians as allowed with
certain prepositions (*vi *+* ati*), but they are not quotable" (§ 636 b,
p. 240). In contrast, Kielhorn (§ 269, p. 86 f [German version]) and Bühler
(p. 102) in their respective grammars / textbooks quote full paradigms of
*as* in their active and middle voices, e.g. *asmi *: *he*, *asti *: *ste*,
etc., with Kielhorn adding the remarkable remark that "als Hilfsverb auch
Ā[tmanepada] im Ind. Praes." (occurs as an auxiliary also in the present
indicative in the middle voice).

Best, WS


Am Mi., 8. Aug. 2018 um 23:04 Uhr schrieb Jesse Knutson via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info>:

> Dear Friends, The *Bhaṭṭikāvya* has an especially recherché verb form in
> 2.35: '*vyatiste*'. Both Jayamaṅgalā and Mallinātha understand it as 'as'
> ātmanepada, emphatically illustrating Pāṇini 1.3.14 (*kartari
> karmavyatihāre*). The rākṣasa Mārīca has just said that killing brahmins
> is his dharma, and that he is not allowed to follow a Vedic lifestyle. Rāma
> responds that his own dharma contrasts, namely to kill him in turn [see
> below], i.e. reciprocity of action. Whitney seems to think he has seen an
> ātmanepada form of 'as' 3 pl. 'asate' in the Mahābhārata somewhere, but I
> can't locate it. Here is the *Bhaṭṭikāvya* verse:
>
> *dharmo ‘sti satyaṃ tava rākṣasāyam anyo vyatiste tu mamāpi dharmaḥ/*
>
> *brahmadviṣas te praṇihanmi yena rājanyavṛttir dhṛtakārmukeṣuḥ//* (2.35)
>
> My question=has anyone ever come across a comparable form?
>
> Thanks as always, bhavadīyaḥ,J
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