Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c7.58

c7.58

Of the ten tenses and moods in Sanskrit, the Pâli has lost two, the first future and the precative. The two Padas or voices remain, but the distinction is lost in most cases, such forms as वुच्चति, लब्भति, पच्चति, &c., though passive, taking Parasmaipada terminations.