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215] INJUNCTIVE 351sacrifice hesiow vir/our on flu/self (vi. 40*).A parallel opt. isnot common ;e. g. pari no heti rudrasya vrjyah, paritvesasya durmatir mahi gat would that the dart of liudra2XISS its hij, Jet the great malevolence of the impetuous one avoidus (ii.33^*).d. The injunctive isvery frequently used alone (unaccompaniedby any other modal form) in an impv. sense ;e. g.ima havya jusanta nah let them accept these oblations ofours (vi. 52^^) ; the preceding verse has the regular impv. :the suitable milk.jusantarn yujyam payah let them acceptIn negative sentences the inj. is the only mood (with theexception of the single opt. form bhujema) with whichthe prohibitive particle ma can be used ;e. g.ma na indrapara vrnak do not, Indra, abandon us (viii. 97') ; visvayanma na a gan let not any sivelling thing come near us (vii. 50^) ;ma tantus chedi let not the thread be cut (ii. 28'').The aor.form is commoner than the impf. form in the EV., but itsrelative predominance has greatly increased in the AV.e. The inj. not infrequently expresses a future sense likethe subj. (215 C) in two types of sentences :1. in positive interrogative sentences ; e. g. ko no mahyaaditaye piinar dat who will, give tis bach to great Aditi?(i. 24^). The subj. itself is here sometimes found beside it ;e.g. kada martam aradhasani pada ksumpam iva sphurat,kada nah susravad girah when will he spurn the niggardlymortal like a mushroom ivith his foot ;when will he hear oursongs ? (i.84^).2. in negative sentences with na ;e. g. yam aditya abhidruho raksatha, n6m agham nasat ivhom, Adityas, yeprotect from harm, him misfortune ivill not reach (viii. 47^).a. In B. the use of the inj. in positive sentences has almost entirelydisappeared. The SB., however, preserves several examples ;e. g.devan avat let it refresh the gods ;also sometimes in subordinateclauses, especially with n6d;e.g. n6d idarn babirdha yajiSad bhfivatJest ii be outside the sacrifice.On the other hand the inj. is very frequent in negative sentences,