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 (RV.).RV.). [sic] In, the only examples noted are (RV.) and  (MS. AB.).

b. With are formed ; and  (VS.),  (K.).

976. The ending is, more than any other, irregular and various in its treatment. It has always an before it; and in the majority of cases it is accented upon this, and added to a weak form of root: thus,. But the form of root is the strong one in a few cases: namely,. In half-a-dozen forms, again, the root has the accent: namely, (but once or twice also ),. In a single instance,, the suffix is added distinctly to a present-stem; and in one, , to a perfect stem. Finally, in a number of instances (ten), this infinitive is made from a causative stem in : thus,, etc.

a. This infinitive is by no means rare in RV., being made in thirty-five different forms (with seventy-two occurrences). But it is hardly known outside of the RV.; the AV. has it but once (in a passage found also in RV.); and elsewhere half-a-dozen examples have been noticed, in -passages (one of them TS. falsely reads ); in the Brāhmaṇa language proper it appears to be entirely wanting.

977. An example or two are met with of an infinitive in : thus, (TS.),  (K. Kap.; MS. ; VS. ), and perhaps - (PGS.).

978. The infinitives in are:  (?) from √ send, - from √;  from √ or ;  from √;  from √;  from √,  from √; and  and - from √√ and  — the last containing evident present tense-signs (compare the 1st sing., 894 d).

979. The only infinitive in is  (with its compound ), from √.

980. The uses of the so-called infinitives are for the most part closely accordant with those of the corresponding cases from other abstract nouns. Thus:

981. The accusative, which is made only from the root-noun and the noun in, is used as object of a verb.

a. Especially, of forms from the root be able, and  be worthy, have the right or the power. Thus, (RV.) may we accomplish thy kindling;  (AV.) may they not be able to fit the arrow to the string;