Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c7.s2.16

c7.s2.16

16. Future forms from stems in *-sya*, *-iṣya*, not including the participles, which are established in use (chiefly as desideratives) in the Rigveda proper: *jeṣyá-*, *vaksyá-* (vac), *kariṣyá-*, *janiṣya-*, *dhārayiṣya-*, *bhaviṣya-*, *maniṣyá-*, *vāsayiṣya-*, *saniṣya-*, *staviṣyá-*. Past tenses of this formation must be looked upon as desideratives: such too are *kariṣyáḥ* i 165 9d, iv 30 23b, *kariṣyási* i 1 6b.