1. Present Indicative.
| s. | d. | p. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | क्रिये kriyé |
क्रियावहे kriyā́vahe |
क्रियामहे kriyā́mahe |
| etc. | etc. | etc. |
2. Present Subjunctive.
b. The forms noticed as occurring in the older language are alone here instanced:
| s. | d. | p. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kriyāí | kriyā́mahāi | |
| 2 | kriyā́dhvāi | ||
| 3 | kriyā́te kriyā́tāi |
kriyā́ntāi |
c. The 3d pl. ending antāi is found once (ucyantāi K.).
3. Present Optative.
| 1 | क्रियेय kriyéya |
क्रियेवहि kriyévahi |
क्रियेमहि kriyémahi |
| etc. | etc. | etc. |
d. No forms of the passive optative chance to occur in RV. or AV.; they are found, however, in the Brāhmaṇas. ChU. has once dhmāyīta.
4. Present Imperative.
| 2 | क्रियस्व kriyásva |
क्रियेथाम् kriyéthām |
क्रियध्वम् kriyádhvam |
| etc. | etc. | etc. |
5. Present Participle.
e. This is made with the suffix मान māna: thus, क्रियमाण kriyámāṇa.
f. In use, this participle is well distinguished from the other passive participle by its distinctively present meaning: thus, kṛtá done, but kriyámāṇa in process of doing, or being done.
6. Imperfect.
| 1 | अक्रिये ákriye |
अक्रियावहि ákriyāvahi |
अक्रियामहि ákriyāmahi |
| etc. | etc. | etc. |
g. The passive-sign is never resolved into ia in the Veda.
772. The roots tan and khan usually form their passives from parallel roots in ā: thus, tāyáte, khāyáte (but also tanyate, khan-
