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90] STEMS IN MAN 69the strong forms arya-man ra. a god, t-man ni. self, j6-manvictorious retain the short vowel in the suffix. In the weakforms, even when the suffix is preceded by a vowel, abouta dozen forms do not syncopate the a, e. g. bhu-man-a,da-man-e. In the I. s. seven stems not only syncopate, butdrop either the m or the n as well prathi-n-a, pre-n-a,:bhu-n-a, mahi-n-a, vari-n-a; draghm-a, rasm-a.The normal forms, if made from as-man (Gk. dKfj.coi/)m. stone, would be:—Sing. N. asma. A. asman-am. I. asman-a.' D. asman-e.'Ab.G. asman-as. L. asman-i and asman. V. asman.Du. N.A.V. asman-a.L. asman-os.Plur. N.V. asman-as. A. asman-as. I. asma-bhis. D.asma-bhyas. Gr. asman-am. L. asma-su.The n. differs in the N.A. only. These cases fromkarman act are :Sing, karma. Du. karman-i. PL karman-i, karma,karma.3. The stems in van are chiefly verbal adjectives andare almost exclusively declined in the m. Hardly a dozenof them make n. forms, and only five or six forms are usedas f.^ In the strong cases there is only one example ofthe a remaining short : anarvan-am. In the weak cases,when the suffix is preceded by a vowel, the a is alwayssyncopated in the Samhita text except in the forms da-van-e,vasu-van-e, and rta-van-i. The V. is usually formed invan, but there are four in vas :rta-vas, eva-ya-vas,pratar-it-vas, vi-bha-vas.^1When the suffix is preceded by a voXvel, the a is generally syncopated,as mahi-mn-a, also mahi-n-a, &c.2The f. of these stems is otherwise formed with i,which is, however,never added to van, but regularly to a collateral suffix vara.Twenty-five such stems in vari are found in the RV.^Cp. the mant, vant, yams, vams stems.