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192 CONJUGATION[i67h. verbal nouns derived with nine different suffixes.These in the aggregate are more numerous.1. Some twenty-five are datives of stems in as ;^e. g.ay-as-e to go, caks-as-e to see, ear-as-e to fare, pusy-as-eto thrive, bhiy-as-e to fear, sriy-as-e to he resplendent.2. Five or six datives of stems in i are found in the RV.,and one or two in other Samhitas ;tuj-aye to breed, drs-ay-eto see, mah-ay-e to rejoice, yudh-ay-e to fight, san-ay-e toirin:grh-aye to seize (K.), cit-aye to nnderstand (VS.).3. Four or five are datives of stems in ti: is-tay-e torefresh, pi-tay-e to drink, vi-tay-e to enjoy, sa-tay-etoivin.4. More than thirty are datives of stems in tu" (added tothe gunated root, sometimes with connecting i) ; e. g.at-tav-e to eat, 6-tav-e to go, d-tav-e to weave ('/u = va),kar-tav-e to male, gan-tav-e to go, pa-tav-e to drinl', bhartav-eto hear away, yas-tav-e to sacrifice, vak-tav-e to speak,vas-tav-e to shine, v6-lhav-e to convey (Vvah) ;av-i-tav-eto refresh, car-i-tav-e to fare, sav-i-tav-e tohring forth (-/su),srav-i-tav-e to floiv (/sru), hav-i-tav-e to call (\/hu);jiv-a-tav-e to lire, star-i-tav-e (AV.) to lay low (\/str).5. More than a dozen are datives of stems in tava (whichis added like tu to the gunated root) and have the peculiarityof being doubly accented ;e. g. 6-tavai to go, 6-tavai toweave, gan-tavai to go, pa-tavai to drinl; man-tavai to think,sar-tavai to flcnv ; yam-i-tavai to guide, srav-i-tavai toflow.ending in consonants, all but one :being compounded drs-§ (TS.) tosee, prati-dhfs-e to withstand (TS.), pra-mrad-e to crush (SB.), a-r^bh-eto take hold (SB.), a-sad-e to sit upon (AB.), ati-sfp-e to glide over (MS.).All these excejit pra-mrad-e occur in the RV.*Which is generally accented, but about half a dozen examplesaccent the root.2The only examples of this infinitive noted in B. are dvitave andstartave.