The combined mode-sign and endings of the optative, then, are as follows, in their double form, for a-stems and for others:
c. The yā is in the Veda not seldom resolved into iā. d. The contracted sanem, for saneyam, is found in TB. and Āpast. Certain Vedic 3d pl. middle forms in rata will be mentioned below, under the various formations. |