Re: History of the aorist

Hallo Florian,

if you read German you can download the older German version of Geiger's gramar freely from here

https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1.20/SET=2/TTL=1/SHW?FRST=1


Best,
Petra
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Dr. Petra Kieffer-Pülz
Forschungsvorhaben Wissenschaftliches Pali
Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz
www.pali.adwmainz.de

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99423 Weimar
Germany

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Am 11.12.2012 um 12:25 schrieb Florian Weps:

> Dear group
>
> As I wrote in my introductory post, I'm a beginner, and don't have any
> knowledge of Sanskrit.
>
> In Narada's course, the aorist is just presented "as-is", with a few
> remarks that sometimes the base, and sometimes the stem is used to
> construct it, and that sometimes, an s is inserted, and sometimes, an a
> is prefixed.
>
> In Duroiselle's grammar the treatment is more detailed, hinting at a
> complex historical process leading to the Pali aorist.
>
> Collins' grammar is very terse on the subject of the history of the aorist.
>
> I'd be grateful for any suggestions on what's worth knowing about the
> aorist's development, and where to find out more about it.
>
> Kind regards,
> Florian
>