Dear McComas Taylor,
According to uṇādi-sūtra ‘divo dve dīrghaś cābhyāsakhyaḥ’ (Siddhāntakaumudīno.
495/Ujjvaladatta 4.55), the word dīdivi is derived from the root div (class4)
with the affix KviN. In his Bālamanoramā under this sūtra, Vāsudeva Dīkṣita
quotesṛgveda 1.1.8 “gopām ṛtasya dīdivim” and says that the word is used with
meaningof ‘dyotamāna’.
Yours
Sharon
On Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 05:23:51 AM GMT+2, McComas Taylor via
INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
I am hoping that you can help my students and me with ṚV 1.1.8. There is a
word describing Agni: dī́divim (MAcS of stem dī́divi), meaning 'shining'. We
can see the root dī, which forms stems in both dīdī and dīdi. What part of
speech is dī́divi and how it is formed?
Thanks in advance.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Yours sincerely,
McComas
McComas Taylor,Professor of Sanskrit
CHL Deputy Director, Languages
College of Asia and Pacific, Australian National University
Secretary-General, International Assoc. of Sanskrit Studies
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