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womb', sa-dhan-ya- 'accompanied by gifts', sd-yuth-ya- (VS.) 'belonging to the same herd', su-Mst-ya- 'fair-handed' (beside su-Msta-), hiranya-kes-ya- 'golden- maned' (beside Mranya-keia-') '.

The suffix -ya is also common in governing compounds with pre- positions as first member; thus ddhi-gart-ya- 'being on the car-seat', aniak- parsav-yd- (VS.) and antah-parsv-yd- (VS.) 'being between the ribs', dnv- antr-ya- (AV.) 'being in the entrails', api-kaks-ya- 'situated near the arm-pit', upa-trn-ya- (AV.) 'being in the grass', upa-mas-ya- (AV.) 'occurring every month', pdri-rath-ya- (AV.)^ 'being around the car', n. part of the car. It also appears in the adverbially used governing compounds abhi-nabh-yd-m 'near the clouds' and ud-ap-ya-m (AV.) 'upstream'.

4. The final member of Bahuvrihis is very frequently extended by the suffix -a. In the RV. there are at least fifteen such stems; thus aks- 'eye' in aw-fl^j-a'-'eyeless', afl%_y-ffl/5.j-a- 'eye-witness', catur-aks-d- 'four-eyed', bhury-aks-d- 'many-eyed', sahasraks-d- 'thousand-eyed', hiranyaks-d- 'golden-eyed', aktaks-a- (AV.) 'whose eyes are anointed', dn-aktaks-a-^ (AV.) 'whose eyes are not anointed', dhumaksd- (AY.) 'smoke-eyed', paryastaks-d- (AV.) 'with eyes cast about', sanisrasaks-d- (AV.) 'having constantly falling eyes', hary-aks-d- (VS.) 'yellow-eyed'; *astk-^ 'bone' in an-asth-d- 'boneless' beside an-asthdn-; *udar- 'water' in an-udr-d- 'waterless'; go- 'cow' in su-gdv-a- 'having fine cows', sam- gav-d- 'time when cows come together', and in atithi-gv-d-, a name, ita-gv-a- 'variegated', ddsa-gva-, N. of a mythical group, ndva-gv-a-^, N. of a mythical group; janus- in sahd-janus-a- 'with offspring'; div- 'heaven' in brhdd-div-a- and brhad-div-d-, N. of a seer, su-div-d- (AV.) 'bright day'; dur- 'door' in satd-dur-a- 'having a hundred doors'; dhur- 'yoke' in su-dhur-a- 'going well under the yoke' (beside su-dkur-), sd-dhur-a- (AV.) 'harnessed to the same yoke'; nas- 'nose' in uru-nas-d- 'broad-nosed', pavT-nas-d- (AV.) 'having a nose like a spear-head', vardhri-nas-d- (VS.) 'rhinoceros'; mrdh- in vi- mrdk-d-^ {KST.) 'warding off foes' (beside vi-mfdh-, VS.); rdi- 'wealth' in d-ray-a- 'not liberal'; vdstu- 'dwelling' in ndva-vastv-a- 'having nine abodes'; sardd- 'autumn' in satd-sarad-a- 'lasting a hundred autumns'; ap- 'water' in dvip-d- 'island'.

In the later Sarnhitas several other final members extended with -a occur: dhan- 'day' in sahii-d- {KSi:) 'lasting a day'; re- 'verse' in eka-rc-d- (AV.) 'consisting of one verse'; kmm- 'earth' in su-ksm-d- (VS.) 'consisting of good earth'; netf- 'leader' in agni-netr-a- (VS. TS.)^ 'having Agni as leader': path- 'road', in ' vi-path-d- (AV.), a kind of chariot ('fit for untrodden paths'); pdd- 'foot' in d-bd-a- (VS.) 'year'; *vatas- 'year' in tri-vats-d- (VS.) 'three years old'; sam-drs- 'aspect' in mddhu-samdrs-a- (AV.) 'sweet-looking'.

a. The final member is also sometimes extended with -a after a governing preposition; thus dnu-patk-a- 'going along the road', dntas-path-a- 'being on the road', anup-d- 'tank' ('lying along the water'), upanas-d- 'being on the car' {-dnas- paro-ks-a- (AV.) 'away from the eye' {aks-), puro-gav-d- 'leader' ('preceding the cows').

1 aiva-budh-va- 'based on horses' is probably for *dsva-budhn-ya- (from budhna- 'bottom') beside diva- budhna- 'borne by horses'.

2 Tlie accent of tliese words in -ya is usually the same as it would be without the suffix; for a few exceptions, see Wacker- NAGEL 21, 47 d (p. 108).

3 The Mss. (AV. xx. 1286) read anaktdksa-.

4 See Wackernagel 2', p. 108 (bottom).

5 See Bloomfield, AJPh. 17, 422 ff.

6 Also the f. vi-mrdh-a- (TS. 11. 4. 21 B).


 * r8 In TS. I. 8. 71 = VS. IX. 35, 36 several other names of deities compounded with -netr-a- occur.