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200 CONJUGATION [1715. ghas eat changes its final s to t (66 B 1):ji-ghat-sa (AV.) behungry.6, Three roots reduplicate with a long vowel: tur cross (= tf) :tu-tur-sa ;badh oppress: bi-bhat-sa ;^man think : mi-mam-sa.'^ Onthe other hand the reduplicative syllable is reduced in the desidei-ativef yaj sacrifice and nas attain by loss of the initial consonant :i-yak-sa(for yi-yak-sa) and i-nak-sa (for ni-nak-sa). In one form from apobtain the reduplication is dropped altogether ap-santa.:a. The two roots with initial vowel as eat and edh increase form theirdesiderative stem with the reduplicative vowel in the second syllable:a^-i^-i-sa (B.) and ed-idh-i-sa (VS.).In the inflexion of the desiderative all the moods of thepresent system, besides the imperfect, are represented,though not fully ;and of present participles more thantwenty-five examples are met with. The forms occurring,if made from vi-va-sa desire to win, would be :Present ind. act. sing. 1. vivasami. 2. vivasasi.3. vivasati. Du. 2. vivasathas. 3. vivasatas. PI. 1.vivasamas. 3. vivasanti.Mid. sing. 1. vivase. 2. vivasase. 3. vivasate.PI. 1. vivasamahe. 3. vivasante.Subj. act. sing. 1. vivasani. 3. vivasat. PI. 3. vivasan.Inj. act. sing. 3. vivasat. Mid. pi. 3. vivasanta.Opt. act. sing. 1. vivaseyam. 3. vivaset. PI. 1. vivasema.Mid. sing. 1. vivaseya.Impv. act. sing. 2. vivasa and vivasatat. 3. vivasatu.Du. 2. vivasatam. 3. vivasatam. PI. 2. vivasata.3. vivasantu.Part. act. vivasant.Mid. vivasamana.Impf. act. sing. 2. avivasas. 3. avivasat. PI. 3.avivasan.*With shortening of the radical vowel.2With lengthening of the radical vowel.I