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.
slay
| Persons | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd person |
vadhīt · वधीत्
he/she/it slew
| —Not attested here | —Not attested here |
| 2nd person |
vadhīḥ · वधीः
you slew
| —Not attested here |
vadhiṣṭa · वधिष्ट
vadhiṣṭana · वधिष्टन
you slew
|
| 1st person |
vadhīm · वधीम्
I slew
| —Not attested here | —Not attested here |
Here you practise forms explicitly cited by Whitney. The filled cells show the scope of this selection. The translation gives one possible meaning; the sentence provides the context. The injunctives shown here combine the verbal stem directly with the personal ending. The initial a found in other past forms is called the augment. Together with mā, the injunctive can express a prohibition. Here you practise one possible translation in the past tense.
Source: William Dwight Whitney: Sanskrit Grammar (1889), § 905
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