[INDOLOGY] Help with dī́divim

[Harry Spier]

Below are the entries from  Surya Kanta's  "A Grammatical Dictionary of
Sanskrit (Vedic)"   for dīdivāṁs, ,dīdivi,and dīdihi.
For the entry for *dīdivi*, where he writes " *dīdivi √**dī: dī-payati* "
is he saying that *dīdivi *is derived from a vedic form of a causative?
Note also his explanation for the short i on the second syllable.

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Harry Spier


On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM Carmen Spiers via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> The intensive would give de-dī... these adjectives are at least
> synchronically made from perfect stems. Anyway jāgr̥vi- is another example
> of an adjective of this type with a double suffix, and in Avestan it only
> has the -u- suffix, so Grestenberger suggests there were some -u-
> adjectives that were secondarily given -i- suffixes in Sanskrit. dī-di-u-i,
> jā-gr̥-u-i
>
> Op wo 19 mrt 2025 om 11:54 schreef Uskokov, Aleksandar via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info>:
>
>> Dear McComas,
>>
>> The reduplication suggests it is an adjective of an intensive stem.
>> Sayana’s comment suggests the same.
>>
>> Best,
>> Aleksandar
>>
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>> *From:* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
>> Sharon Ben-Dor via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 19, 2025 4:27:45 AM
>> *To:* indology at list.indology.info <indology at list.indology.info>
>> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Help with dī́divim
>>
>> Sorry, Should be "divo dve dīrghaś cābhyāsasyaḥ". Sharon
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 09:38:56 AM GMT+2, Sharon Ben-Dor via
>> INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Dear McComas Taylor,
>>
>> According to uṇādi-sūtra ‘divo dve dīrghaś cābhyāsakhyaḥ’
>> (Siddhāntakaumudī no. 495/Ujjvaladatta 4.55), the word dīdivi is derived
>> from the root div (class 4) with the affix KviN. In his Bālamanoramā under
>> this sūtra, Vāsudeva Dīkṣita quotes ṛgveda 1.1.8 “gopām ṛtasya dīdivim” and
>> says that the word is used with meaning of ‘dyotamāna’.
>>
>> Yours
>> Sharon
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 05:23:51 AM GMT+2, McComas Taylor via
>> INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *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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