Many thanks to all those kind scholars who contributed to the question of dī́divim - you have given us plenty to think about.

Thanks again, and best wishes

McCoams


               

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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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

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Op wo 19 mrt 2025 om 04:23 schreef McComas Taylor via INDOLOGY <indology@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




               

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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