Author: George Cardona

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2015-09-30

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 1512815101

This study investigates a problem of Sanskrit grammar, namely, the conditions underlying some peculiarities in the forms of Vedic feminine stems in -ya-. Cardona compares the form with Latin perfects of the type dixit ("said") and concludes that the traditional distinction made between major and minor processes of sound change is untenable.