George:

Thank you for pointing this out. I must have missed Jim's post, for
which I apologise.

With metta,
Peter

2009/1/26 gdbedell <gdbedell@...>:

> Peter,
>
> Jim Anderson succinctly answered this question about a week ago (1/20):
>
> Savikara.naakhyaata refers to verbs with their vikara.na affixes. As you
> will see further on, these are the affixes added directly to the verbal
> roots (dhaatus), such as 'a' added to 'bhuu' to form the verbal stem
> 'bhava-' or 'e' added to 'dis' to form 'dese-' or 'desaya-' and to which the
> inflexional affixes are then added.
>
> George B
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Peter Bowen <pjbowen@...> wrote:
>
>> One question, though:
>>
>> What is a "CONJUGATIONAL SIGN (VIKARAÄA)", and how/when is it used?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> With metta,
>> Peter
>>
>
>