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b y st f tpaya.st . i .h o n t h e s t r e n g t h o f A v a d . 3 8 7 , 1 0-11 , w h e re (i n a p a s s a g e

p a ra l l e l t o 3 7 0 , 4 , 3 7 8 , 2 , a n d 3 8 3 , 6 ) w e r e a d t drh pa tdkd~i7 st@aya.st.yamb a d d h v a , t hi s e m e n d a t i o n 4 n o t o n l y d i sp o se s o f t h e " u n e x p e c t e d " c o m -

p o u n d yftpaya .st . i -~ a n d o f th e t h e o r i e s a b o u t a p o s s i b le d i f f e re n c e b e t w e e n

yapaya.st . i - a n d ya.st . i - i n t h e d e s c r ip t i o n o f t h e D i v y a v a d ~ n a , b u t a l so h a s

a c o n s e q u e n c e o f m o r e g e n e ra l i m p o r t a n c e . T h e r e a d i n g y @ a y a . s t . i - ,

i n d e e d , h a s g i v en ri se t o t h e a s s u m p t i o n , o n w h i c h m o s t m o d e r n d is -

c u s s io n s o f th e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e s t fi p a a r e f o u n d e d , t h a t t h e stC tp a

c o n t a i n e d , b e s i d e s t h e ya.s. t i- ( e x p l a i n e d a s a " p i n n a c l e " ) , a l s o a s e p a r a t e

e l e m e n t , t h e y @ a - , w h i c h is t a k e n t o b e t h e " c e n t r a l p o s t " . 6 N o w , i t

w o u l d s e e m t h a t t h e e m e n d a t i o n p r o p o s e d e n t i tl e s u s t o d i s c a rd t h is

a r c h a e o l o g i c a l t h e o r y .

4 A l r e a d y s u g g e s t e d a s a m e r e g u e s s b y d e l a V a ll 6 e P o u s s i n , H J A S , 2 (1937) , p . 281 :

" P o u r q u o i n e p a s l i r e stCtpaya.st.i ( o u bh~pasyd.n.da ... bh~paya.st.i?)?"

5 " e l le e s t c e r t a i n e m e n t i n a t t e n d u e " , d e la V a ll 6 e P o u s s i n , Lc. , p . 2 8 0 ; " l a c o m p o s i t i o n

m a t t e n d u e , s i e ll e e s t e x a c te , d e y@aya .s t i " , G . C o m b a z , MdI. chin. et bouddh., 4 , p . 52 ,

n . 1 .

E . g . , G . C o m b a z , M~L chin . e t bouddh. , 2 , p . 2 0 1 , 4 , p . 4 9 f t . ; P a r a n a v i t a n a , T h e

S t t ipa in Cey lon OVIemoir s Ar chaeoL Sur vey o f Cey lon , 5 , 1947) , p . 36 f t . ; F . D . K . B o sc h ,

The go lden Ger m, p. 169.

S K T . A D R .S . 4 M : G R . " E A P A K O I N ?

I t h a s l o n g b e e n o b s e r v e d t h a t t h e V e d ic e v i d en c e d o e s n o t s u p p o r t t h e

a s s u m p t i o n o f a t h e m a t i c a o r i s t ad . r5am. W a c k e r n a g e l w i t h d r e w t h e

e q u a t i o n ad .~dam (sic): ~Sp~• ( A l t i n d . G r a m m . , I [1896], p. 32, 1. 28) in

t h e B e r i c h t i g u n g e n (p . 34 4 ). I n 1 92 6 h e p o i n t e d o u t t h a t , s i n c e d.rs 'eyamR S . , d . r ~ e m a A S . d o n o t j u s t i f y th e a s s u m p t i o n o f a n a - a o r i s t, a l l V e d i c

f o r m s m u s t b e r e f e r r e d t o a r o o t a o r i s t d d a r ~ a m , pl . 1 ad . rJma ( JB . ) t

A n a l o g i c a l n e w f o r m a t i o n s a r e a d a r ~ m a TS. I I I . 2 . 5 . 4 and adar~u .h

A B . 7 . 1 7 . 3 . I n D e b r u n n e r ' s N a c h t r i i g e a d A i . Gr. I . 32 [1957] , however ,

t h e o l d e q u a t i o n r e c u rs i n a m o d i f ie d f o r m , a d ~ d a m b e i n g r e p l a c e d b y

" T S . ad . rdan" , a n d i n H a u s c h i l d ' s r e v is e d v e r s i o n o f T h u m b ' s H a n d b u c h

d e s S k t . [ ~ (1958) , p . 247 , we f ind ag a in "6 -d . rd -a t ' e r s a h ' , g r . ~ •

idg . * e - d ! ' k - e t " . ~ T h i s c a l l s f o r s o m e c o m m e n t .

x Fes tgabe Jacob i , p . 16 f . F o r ad.rAma c L W h i t n e y , Roots , p . 7 8 . N o t r e c o r d e d b y

C a l a n d , Over en u i t he t Jahn . Br . , p . 23 , A u s w a h l , p . 3 2 2 , n o r b y V i ~ v a b a n d h u S a s tr i .

M r . H . C . J . S e e l e n ( H e e r l e n ) , w h o d r e w m y a t t e n t i o n t o t h e s e p a s s a g e s , a l s o

r e f e r r e d t o F . d e S a u s s u r e , M ~ m o i r e s u r l e s y s t O m e p r i m i t i f (1 8 7 9 ) , p . 10 , J . S c h r i j ne n ,

,_qandleiding bU de stu die d er v gl. Idg. taalwetenschap, 2 r id e d . ( 1 9 24 ) , p . 2 7 8 , T h u m b

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T h e f o r m 6drgan ( ig n o r e d b y W a c k e r n a g e l, t h o u g h q u o t e d b y W h i t n e y ,

R o o t s , p . 78 ), w h i c h D e b r u n n e r n o w a d d u c e s i n s u p p o r t o f t h e t ra d i t i o n a le q u a t i o n o c c u r s o n l y i n T S . I V . 5 . 1 . 3 uta[nad~ gopd adrgann ddr~ann

udahary~.h. I n s t e a d o f i t a ll th e o t h e r r e c e n s i o n s o f t h e B l a c k a n d W h i t e

Y a j u r v e d a r e a d adrgrann . Cf. M S. I I . 9 .2 ( : 121, 12), K S. 17.11 ( :25 4, 14),

K a p K S . 2 7 .1 ( :1 1 3 , 1 4 ) , V S M . 1 6.7 , V S K . 1 7 .7 ( a l t h o u g h a v a r i a n t

r e a d i n g ad.rgann is r e c o r d e d f o r tw o M S S . o f M S . a n d K S . ) . I n v ie w o f

t h e n o r m a l i z i n g t e n d e n c y o f T S ? i t i s h a r d l y b e l ie v a b l e t h a t i t s h o u l d h e r e

h a v e p r e s e r v e d th e a u t h e n t i c r e a d i n g . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h e u se o f

adr~ran i n t h i s y a j u s a s a n a c t i v e a o r i s t ( w h i l e i t i s u s e d i n t h e n o r m a l

i n t r a n s i t i v e m e a n i n g s i n ce t h e R S . ) is q u i te a n o m a l o u s . 4 I s i t p e r h a p s

i t se l f a n a r c h a i z a t i o n o f *adrgan, d e d u c e d f r o m t h e in j u n c ti v e md tk d.r~an

R S . V I I . i 0 4 . 2 4 d , c f . V I I I , 33 .1 9 c (w h i c h p r o b a b l y b e l o n g s t o a r o o t

a o r i s t , l i k e bhftvan, vrdn; c f . M a c d o n e l l , Ved. Graram. , p . 3 69 )? H o w e v e r

t h a t m a y b e , th e h a p a x adrgan i n T S . i s n o d o u b t a n i n c i d e n ta l s e c o n d a r y

f o r m a t i o n o f t h e l at e r V e d ic l a n g u a g e a n d W a c k e r n a g e l ' s c o n c l u si o n w a s

c o r r e c t . O n t h e s t re n g t h o f s u c h p a r a l l e l c a s e s a s G r . ~ o v o ~ : V e d .

p ~ r d h l " g i v e ! " , a n d G r . g• • V e d . grudh[ " h e a r ! " , t h e G r .

a o r i s t ~Sp~• m u s t r a t h e r b e t r a c e d b a c k t o a n I E . r o o t a o r i s t , s

F . B . J . K u i p e r

(-Hirt), Handbuch des S kt. , I, p. 3 74, Schwyzer, Griech. Gramm ., 12 (195 3), p. 720 n. 2,where adrgam is quoted as equivalent to Gr. ~p~• and Schwyzer 12, pp. 341,747,Mayrhofer, Skt.-Grammatik, p. 11, who quote adrgat. Cf. also Brugmann, Grundrissder vgL Gram m., I I~, 3, p. 126.3 Cf. Renou, l~coles v~diques, p. 144. See also, e.g., An Austro-Asiatic M yth in the

Rigveda, p. 2 f.4 Bloomfield and Edgerton, Ved ic Variants, I (1930), p. 169 f. An ac tive me aning ha salso, it seems, nd td agrbhran RS. V.2.4c.

Cf. MeiUet, Introduction ~ rdtude comparative des langues i.-e., 5th ed. (1922),p. 167, 8th ed . (1937), p. 201 f.