The Vedic Imperatives yodhi 'Fight' and bodhi 'Heed
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3959526 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jay H Jasanoff (0000-0002-4066-1247, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 290 |
| Publication date | 2002-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3087623 |
| OpenAlex | W2168561025 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The 2nd sg. imperatives yodhi (: yudh- 'fight') and bodhi (: budh- 'awake, heed') are usually seen as athematic imperatives in -dhi with irregular guna of the root syllable and reduction of the geminate cluster -ddhi- to -dh-. It is argued here, by contrast, that these forms are actually analogical creations on the basis of the 2nd sg. imperative josi ( jus- 'enjoy'). Etymologically and historically, josi is a si- imperative (*jos-si), haplologized from a 2nd sg. subjunctive *josasi/*geusesi. Synchronically, however, it appeared to be an i-imperative based on the gunated root, and the overall parallelism of the verbs yudh-, budh-, and jus- led to the creation of yodhi and bodhi on the same model
Ancient history · Political science · Ancient Near East History · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
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