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'^This i combines with the final a of the first conjugation to e :I126 CONJUGATION [131Middle.PRESENT.IMPF.OPTATIVE.SUBJUNCTIVE.IMPERATI1. eiya*2. sethasi-thasa-se, a-sai ^sva3. tetai-taa-te, a-tai*'tainam1. vahe'vahi^i-vahia-vahai2. ethe^(l),athe (2)etham ' (1),atham (2)i-y-athamaitheetham ^(1atham I3. ete'(l),ate (2)etam^ (1),atam (2)i-y-atamaiteetam^ (1)atam (I1. mahe'2. dhvemahi^dhvami-mahii-dhvama-mahai)a-mahe )a-dhvaidhvam3. iite(l),ate (2)nta (1),ata (2)i-r-ana-ntaij^a-nta^ Jntam (1)atam (2)^The final a of the first conjugation is lengthened before m and v.bhdve.^In these forms e takes the place of the final a of the a conjugation.*This modal i combines with the final a of the first conjugation toe :bhdveya, &c.^The RV. has a-se only, the AV. and the Brahmanas a-sai only."The form a-te is almost exclusively used in the RV., while a-taiis the prevailing one in the AV., and the only one later.^The ending a-ntai occurs in B. only.^The form in a-nta in the a conjugation, where it is very common,e. g. bhava-nta, is an injunctive; but in the graded conjugation asubj., e.g. krnav-a-nta (inj. krnvata).