The aspectual function of the Ṛgvedic present and aorist / Jan Gonda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonda, J. (Jan), 1905-1991, author.

Series:

Disputationes Rheno-Trajectinae

Disputationes Rheno-Trajectinae ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vedic language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2021

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [1962]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

I. Introduction

II. Uses of the aorist

III. The 'mythological' aorist

IV. The aorist of the antecedent process

V. Some observations on the use of the present stem

VI. Uses of the imperfect

VII. Imperatives

VIII. Participles

IX. The use of past tenses (impf., aor., perf.) in dialogues and quotations

X. Alternation of present and aorist

XI. The use of tenses in connection with the particle ma

XII. Detailed examination of the aspectual functions of some roots in Rgveda and Atharvaveda

XIII. Clauses introduced by conjunctions

XIV. Some remarks on the use of the present indicative

XV. The function of the preverbs

XVI. The pertinent Rgvedic facts viewed in their historical perspective

Index of technical terms used

Index of the main text-places studied

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783112415108

3112415108

OCLC:

1243310410