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dhvan-ta160-lGi] PERFECT PASSIVE PARTICIPLE 185stem dad in forming its :past passive participle dat-ta. The latter isfurther reduced to -tta in deva-ttfi. given by the gods, and when combinedwith certain jn-epositions:vy-a-tta opened, pari-tta giveyi awmj,prati-tta given back. The same syncopation appears in the compoundparticiple of da divide dva-tta cut :off.c. One root in an and three or four in am retain the nasal andlengthen the vowel : dhvan sound : ;kram stride : kran-td ;sam be quiet: san-t^ ;sram be ivearg sran-ta dham blois has the: ;irregular dhma-td and dham-i-td..d. A few roots in an have a ' : khan dig: kha-t^ ; jan be born :ja-td ;van ivin : -va-ta ;san gain: sa-ta.3. i-ta is taken by a considerable number of roots endingnot only in conjunct consonants or in single consonantsdifficult to combine with t, but also in simple consonants,especially sibilants, which present no such difficulty.Theroot is not weakened (excepting four instances of Samprasarana).Secondary verbs (almost without exception causa-take ita exclusively (after dropping aya).^tives) -Examples are : nind-ita, raks-ita ; grath-ita, il-ita,car-ita, jiv-ita ; pat-ita, pan-ita ; kup-ita, stabh-ita ;mus-ita ; arp-ita * (arp-aya cause to go), cod-ita (cod-aya66^ in motion).a. The roots taking Samprasarana are: grabh and grab.seize :grbh-i-ta and grh-i-ta (AV.);^ vaks increase: uks-ita ;vad s;peuh: nd-ita ;srath slacJcen srth-ita.:161. There is once found in the AV. a perfect passiveparticiple extended with the possessive suffix vant, whichgives it the sense of a perfect participle active : asita-vanthaving eaten.*^'Representing the long sonant nasal.2Only one perfect participle passive has been noted from a desiderative; mimam-s-ita called in question, and one from a denominative :bham-it6 enraged.^In B. jnapaya, causative of jiia know, forms its part, without connectingi: jnap-td.