Karnatakabhashabhushana 8.9
English (machine translation) 8.9
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8.9.1
[Tense-suffixes apply] in their own tense.
8.9.2
The suffixes denoting the past and so forth are to be prescribed in their own respective tense. This is what is meant: the past tense suffix is to be prescribed in past time; the present tense suffix in present time; the future tense suffix in future time. For example:
8.9.3
In the past:
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puṭṭidaṁ (‘he was born’);
8.9.5
puṭṭidar (‘they were born’).
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In the present:
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puṭṭidapaṁ (‘he is being born’);
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puṭṭidapar (‘they are being born’).
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In the future:
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puṭṭuvaṁ (‘he will be born’);
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puṭṭuvar (‘they will be born’).
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Likewise also in the second and first persons.
Linked texts (1)
- Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit