Adjective and Dhatu in Sanskrit

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Adjectival -s of

Given below are -s for 3


genders.
They have further inflections by cases
() and 3 numbers ()


- meaning or when to be
No. type used

1 ppp gained

2 app one, who is gaining


present participle one in valid only
3 the act of gaining

4 can be gained
must be gained or what the
5 aim should be for gaining

should be gained or
6 advisable to gain

7 one, who facilitates gaining

8 gainer

9 one, that may be gained


present participle; one, who valid only
10 is in the process of gaining

May it be noted that the adverbial suffix


as explained above, actually adds
only a to the , e.g. .
The suffix also adds only the suffix to
the .
It is smart of grammarians to give two different
names to the two suffixes. One has the name
and the other has been given the
name .
It can also be seen that the verbal auxiliaries of
mood in English grammar, such as may, can,
should, must, are made into adjectival
derivatives in Sanskrit. Those at 1, 4, 6 and 9
have some sense of passive voice. Those at 2,
3, 5, 7, 8, 10 have the sense of active voice.
Present participles - words of
a good number of -s are found in
following lines in




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The meaning is
One who knows the fundamentals and is hence
righteous should consider that he does nothing,
even when one is
seeing, hearing,
touching, smelling,
eating, going about,
dreaming, breathing,
talking,
forsaking,
taking, opening
and closing the eyes,

(One is) always
regarding that organs are for organic functions,

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