[INDOLOGY] Help with dī́divim

[Carmen Spiers]

Dear McComas,

Short answer is it is an adjective, but for the formation, related to the
cákri-type but with what seems to be a composite suffix -u-i-, you could
look at this article by Laura Grestenberger which proposes a new analysis
of the phenomenon:
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/grestenberger/files/the_indo-iranian_cakri-type_jaos133.2.pdf

Best,
Carmen

Op wo 19 mrt 2025 om 04:23 schreef McComas Taylor via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info>:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I am hoping that you can help my students and me with ṚV 1.1.8.  There is
> a word describing Agni: dī́divim (MAcS of stem dī́divi), meaning
> 'shining'. We can see the root dī, which forms stems in both dīdī and dīdi.
> What part of speech is dī́divi and how it is formed?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you,
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> McComas
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> *McComas Taylor, *Professor of Sanskrit
> CHL Deputy Director, Languages
> College of Asia and Pacific, Australian National University
> Secretary-General, International Assoc. of Sanskrit Studies
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Carmen Sylvia Spiers
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