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180-181] PARTICLES. INTERJECTIONS 253((. In B. throe uses ol' hi may be distinguished:1. it expresses the reason, as in the first use in V., only that theclause containing hi always follows = { for only), and the verb ismuch oftener omitted than expressed e. ; g. t£d indro 'mucyata, dev6hf s&h from ihat Indra freed himself, for he (is) a god (i^B.).The particlevdi is often added to strengthen hi ; e.g. vdjro hi va apah /or wafer I'sindeed a thuvderboH (SB,).2. it is sometimes employed to emphasize an interrogative = pray ;e. g. kathdm hi karisyfisi how, pray, wilt thou do it ? (SB.)..3. it expresses assent in answers after a word repeated froma pi'eceding question ;e. g. tfim eva tv^m pasyasi^iti ;t^m hi ' do yousee hivi?' Yes, (I see) him (SB.).a. In B., when hi appeal's in the relative clause of a period explaininga previous statement, the verb of the principal clause (to which hiproperly applies) is sometimes irregularly unaccented; e.g. iddmhi yada vfirsaty ^tha^osadhayo jayante for. ivhen if rains here, then thephmts .spring vp (SB.),181. A certain number of words having the nature ofinterjections occur in the Samhitas. They are of two kinds,l^eing either exclamations or imitative sounds.a. The exclamations are: bat (RV.) truly, bata (RV.)alas ! hanta come, used exhortatively with the subjunctiveand hay6 come before vocatives ;hiruk and huruk (RV.)^^«-a^.'hai (AV.) 7/0.'1).Interjections of the onon^.atopoetic type are : kikira(RV.) used with kr = make the sound kikira = tear to tatters ;kikkita (TS.) used in invocations ;cisca (RV.) loMz ! (of anarrow), used with kr mal'e a ichkzmg sound ; phat (AV., VS.)crash! phal (AV.) splash! bal (AV.) dash! bhuk (AV.)hang ! sdl (AV.) clap !