विर्जिनियाविश्वविद्यालय:
 अल्पपरीक्षा  ( 23 / Nov / 2004 )    
A.  Identify forms of verbs (person, number, and tense and/or mood).   Translate:
      1.  मोदध्वम्
      2.  ग्रसेथा:
      3.  आर्थये
B. Find the verbal stem ( धातु ) for the following conjugated forms and provide a gloss:
      4.  जायेयाताम्  =>
      5.  म्रियेरन्  =>
C.   Write the forms of the pronoun that are specified:
      6. '(done) by all'  (masculine instrumental plural of  सर्व )     =>
      7. 'some (two women came)'  (feminine nominative dual of  किम्  +  चिद् )     =>
      8. '(born) from itself'  (neuter ablative singular of  स्व )     =>
D.   Produce the forms of the verb that are specified:
      9. 'May they (both) think'  (third dual optative of  मन् )     =>
    10. 'Let's praise (him).'  (first plural imperative of  श्लाघ् )     =>
E.   Bonus for 1 point:  Translate while applying the relevant rules of  सन्धि :
    11.  'May those whose world this is always protect it.'     =>
 
  Think: ['May they always protect the world of whom it is this.']  or
             ['Of whom this is the world may they always protect it.']
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Drafted and posted 16 Nov 2004.