Re: [INDOLOGY] 'as' ātmanepada?

[Jesse Knutson]

Thanks for this Walter. Also thanks to Yuto Kawamura for replying off-list.
Best to all,J

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 7:51 PM, Walter Slaje <slaje at kabelmail.de> wrote:

> 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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>> Jesse Ross Knutson PhD
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>> Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
>> University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
>> 461 Spalding
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Jesse Ross Knutson PhD
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Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
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