Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.
Notes on the forms

You learn each pattern through fixed example words. Model forms follow the rules of the cited grammar; attested forms refer to examples given there. Parasmaipada and Ātmanepada are two sets of personal endings. A form’s meaning depends on its context, and the game offers one possible translation. Highlights help you compare forms. In Vedic tables, you practise the filled cells. Links from participles take you to suitable declension tables.

sacrifice

hu · Class 3 · Optative · Parasmaipada
PersonsSingularDualPlural
3rd person
juhuyāt · जुहुयात् Model form
he / she / it would sacrifice
juhuyātām · जुहुयाताम् Model form
they both would sacrifice
juhuyuḥ · जुहुयुः Model form
they would sacrifice
2nd person
juhuyāḥ · जुहुयाः Model form
you would sacrifice
juhuyātam · जुहुयातम् Model form
you both would sacrifice
juhuyāta · जुहुयात Model form
you would sacrifice
1st person
juhuyām · जुहुयाम् Model form
I would sacrifice
juhuyāva · जुहुयाव Model form
we both would sacrifice
juhuyāma · जुहुयाम Model form
we would sacrifice

The forms follow Whitney’s formation rules. Compare the highlighted parts to see how each form changes. The translation gives one possible meaning; the sentence provides the context.

Source: William Dwight Whitney: Sanskrit Grammar (1889), § 651

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