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 b. Augmentless forms, with indicative or subjunctive value, are not infrequent. Examples, showing accent on the tense-sign, according to the general analogies of the formation, are: and  (3d sing.),  (for exceptions as regards accent, see below, 853).

849. The subjunctive forms of this aorist are few; those which occur are instanced below, in the method which was followed for the indicative:

a. The ending is found once, in. Of middle forms occur only (AV.: but doubtless misreading for ) and  (AV., for RV. ). The form  seems an indicative, made from a secondary present-stem.

850. The optatives are few in the oldest language, but become more frequent, and in the Brāhmaṇas are not rare. Examples are: in active,, , (TB. once ); ; in middle, (only)  etc. in the epics must be viewed rather as present forms of the -class.

a. A single middle precative form occurs, namely (AV., once); it is so isolated that how much may be inferred from it is very questionable.

851. A complete series of active imperative forms are made from √ (including, 2d pl.), and the middle. Other imperatives are very rare: namely,. TS. has once (compare 740).

852. a. The active participles or, and (in participial compounds, 1309) -, -, - (all RV.), are to be assigned with plausibility to this aorist.

b. Likewise the middle participles (?),, and perhaps.

853. A few irregularities and peculiarities may be noticed here.

The roots in, which (847) show a strengthening like that of the