780. The perfect system 781. The formation of the perfect 782. Reduplication. In roots beginning 783. For roots beginning with a vowel 784. Number of roots beginning with va 785. A number of roots having ya 786. A considerable number of roots 787. A few roots beginning with the palatal mutes 788. A small number of roots with initial a 789. One or two individual cases of irregularity 790. Absence of reduplication 791. For an anomalous case 792. Strong and weak stem-forms 793. As regards the strengthening 794. As regards the weakening 795. Endings, and their union 796. Those of the endings which begin with a consonant 797. The most important rules 798. The usage is in part quite otherwise 799. The ending of 3rd pl. 800. By way of illustration of the rules 801. A few miscellaneous irregularities 802. The ending of the active participle 803. If the weak form of the perfect stem is monosyllabic 804. Vedic irregularities calling for notice 805. From roots gam and ban 806. The ending of the middle participle 807. Perfect participles have nearly gone 808. Modes of the Perfect 809. The normal method of making such forms 810. Examples of the regular subjunctive formation 811. Not a few subjunctives 812. Examples of the regular optative formation 813. Of regular imperative forms 814. As irregular imperatives may be reckoned 815. Such imperatives 816. Forms of different model 817. Pluperfect 818. The normal pluperfect 819. Several forms from roots ending 820. A few forms show a stem ending in a 821. Uses of the Perfect 822. Distinction of tense-value 823. In the Veda, the case is very different |