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240 INDECLINABLE WORDS [iso(= Lat. ne) ;e. g. vy iicha, duhitar divo, u6t tva tapatisurah shine forth, daughter of the sk/j, test the sun scorch thee(v. 79'^)n^n ma rudro hinasat lest Tiudra; injure me (SB.).In B. the verb may also be in the inj. n6d idam bahirdha:yajnad bhavat lest itbe outside the sacrifice (SB.).nv^i (= mi vd.i as analysed by the Padapatha of the TS.) occurs notrt.infrequently in B. in the sense of indeed ; e.g. iti nva et^d brahmanamudyate such indeed is the Brdhmana that is told (SB.).ma is the pi-ohibitive negative (Grk. fiij) regularly usedwith the injunctive. It is never used with the impv. ;withthe opt. only in the single form bhujema (RV.) ;and withthe subj. only once (SB.) ;e. g.ma no vadhih sla)/ us iwthrnitha abhy asman be not enraged against us(i. 104'') ;ma(viii. 2^%a. An interrogative following ma in a few cases receives an indefinitesense in the RV. ;e. g.ma kfismai dhatam abhy amitrine nahdelirer ns not to ani/foe i. 120*).ma-kis {not any one, Gk. firj-ris:),occurring about a dozentimes in the RV., to which it is restricted, is used in prohibitivesentences with the injunctive in two senses :1. no one: makis tokasya no risat maij no one of ouroffspring be injured (viii.67^^).2. more often an emphatic negative= by no means, never :makir devanam apa bhuh l)c not at all atvay from the gods(x. IV). Cp. na-kis.ma-kim, used as an emphatic prohibitive particle withthe injunctive, occurs only in two passages of the RV. :makim sam sari k^vate let none suffer fracture in a int(vi. 54').yatra is employed:in two main senses 1. usually asa relative adverb, meaning cohere, but sometimes whitJie) ,©• g- yajfie . . ndro yatra devayavo madanti where piousmen rejoice in sacrifice (vii. 97^) ; yatra rathena gaohathahwhither ye go with your car (i. 22*). The correlative isgenerally tatra, sometimes atra or tad.