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170 CONJUGATION [usthe endings s and t are lost: 2. a-kar, a-gan (= a-gam-s),a-ghas, a-var (vr cover), a-spar (spr tvin) with; lengthenedaugment: a-nat' (nas attain), a-var (vr cover), a-vas^ (vasshine). 3. a-kar, a-kran' (kram stride), a-gan,' a-ghas,a-cet (cit observe), a-tan, a-dar (dr pierce), a-bhet (bhidpierce), a-bhrat (bhraj shine), a-mok (muc release), a-myak(myaks be situated), a-vart (vrt ^wm), a-star; with lengthenedaugment: a-nat,* a-var (vr cove)-),a-vas- (vas shine) ;withoutaugment vark ° : (vrj twist), skan ^(skand Icaj)).e. In the 3. pi. act. and mid. roots with medial a aresyncopated: a-ks-an (=a-ghas-an), a-gm-au (=a-gam-an);a-gm-ata (= a-gam-ata), a-tn-ata (:= a-tan-ata) ;but inthe 2. 3. s. mid. they lose their nasal :a-ga-thas, a-ga-ta,a-ma-ta (but 1. du. gan-vahi, pi. a-gan-mahi)./ Final a is in the mid. ind. reduced to i, and before malso to i ; e. g.2. a-di-thas, a-sthi-thas. 3. a-dhi-ta(e-^e-To). PL 1. a-dhi-mahi (TS.) and a-di-mahi (VS.),a-dhi-mahi.g. In the 3, s. ind. ghas is reduced to g gdha (=:ghas-ta) : ';while r go takes Guna: ar-ta (unaugmented) and ar-ta(wp-To), 3. pi. ar-ata./*. The forms taking ran in 3. pi. mid. are :a-krp-ran,a-grbh-ran, a-jus-ran, a-drs-ran, a-pad-ran, a-budh-ran,a-yuj-ran, a-vas-ran (vas shine), a- vis-ran, a-vrt-ran,a-srg-ran,* a-sthi-ran, a-sprdh-ran ;with ram :a-drs-ram,a-budh-ram, a-srg-ram.*^For a-nas-s, the phoneticresult of which should have beena-nak (63 6)."For a-vas-s, a-vas-t. These forms have by an oversight beenomitted in § 499 of my Vedic Grammar.'For d-kram-t, £-gam-t.*For a-nas-t. 'For varj-t.^For skand-t.''By syncopation gh-s-ta loss of s between consonants; (66 B 2 a)gh-ta, and loss of aspiration, which is thrown forward on the t andrenders it sonant (62 b).* With reversion to the original guttural.