The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language c2.24

c2.24

The representative form of the roots is naturally that adopted in the grammar to which this work is a supplement. Although loath to differ from the Petersburg lexicon upon such a point, I cannot regret having adopted the *ṛ* instead of the *ar* or *ra*-form (e. g. *kṛ*, *kṛp*, instead of *kar*, *krap*) of the many roots exhibiting both elements in their forms and derivatives. So long as we speak of the Sanskrit root *vid*, and not *ved*, so long it seems to follow that we ought to speak of the root *vṛt*, and not *vart*, whatever may be the Indo-European value of the root in the one case or in the other. The meanings added after the roots by no means claim to be exhaustive; they are in general intended only to identify the root.