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167]DATIVE INFINITIVE 193a. This infinitive is still in regular use in B., where the followingexamples have been noted : 6tavdi and yatavdi (o go, kartavdi to do,d6diyitavai to Jly aicuy, drogdhavdi to x)lot,m^ntavai to think, md.nthitavdito rule, stdrtavdi to lay low, ati-caritavdi to transgress, a-netav&i tobring, nir-astavai to throiu out, pdri-staritavdi to strew around, samhvayitavaito call together .6. There is only one certain example of a dative infinitivefrom a stem in tya i-tyai to :go.7. More than thirty-five are datives (almost restricted tothe KV.) of stems in dhya, which is added to verbal stemsending in a (generally accented) e. ; g. iya-dhyai to go {Vi),gama-dhyai to go, cara-dhyai to fare, saya-dhyai to lie(s/si), stava-dhyai to praise (v/stu); piba-dhyai to drink( v/pa), prna-dhyai to fill ( v^pr), huva-dhyai to call ( -/hu) ;vavrdha-dhyai ^to strengthen ; nasaya-dhyai ^disappear, vartaya-dhyai ^ to cause to turn.to cause toa.Only one of these infinitives has been noted in B. :sadhyai toconquer (\/sah). In the TS. occurs one example ending in e insteadof ai :gamd-dhye to go.8. Five are datives of stems in man : tra-man-e to protect,da-man-e to give (Gk. S6ix€u-ai),dhar-man-e to support,bhar-man-e to preserve, vid-man-e (Gk. i'S-fx^v-ai)to Motu.9. Three are datives of stems in van : tur-van-e to overcome(Vtr), da-van- e (Gk. Sovvat = Sofevai) to give,dhurvan-e* to injure.^2. Accusative Infinitive.This infinitive is formed in two ways.a. One of them (of which more than a dozen examplesoccur in the RV. besides several others in the AV.) is madewith am added to the weak form of the root, which nearly1The last three are made from regular present stems.-From the reduplicated perfect stem.From the causative stem, from which about ten such infinitives^are formed.*With interchange of vowel and semivowel ; ur = vr, Cp. 171. 2.1819 O