Contents

 

dhvan, “sound”

dhvaṃs, dhvas

dhvan

dhvṛ, dhur, dhru

Present

I. dhvanati etc. C

Future

Simple Future: dhvaniṣyati

Periphrastic Future: dhvanitā

Aorist

RAo: adidhvanat adadhvanat

-iṣ-Ao: ádhvanīt RV

Perfect

dadhvanus C

Causative

dhvanayati B. (dhvanayīt RV.); adhvānayat RV. (dhvānita C.)

Intensive

dandhvan- (in d.)

Verbal Nouns

PPP: dhvanita C., dhvāntá B.+

Derivatives

dhvana TA.

 

dhvaní AV.C.

 

dhvāna S.+

 

dandhvana E.

 

dhvanyà RV.

 

dhvanana S.+

 

dhúni ? V.B.

 

 

 

 

The RV. forms are set off by BR., perhaps rightly, to a separate √ dhvan “cover”, to which then dhvāntá RV.E.+ “dark” is also referred.

 

Meanings

dhvanati v PPP dhvanita 2 (q.v.) sound; Caus. dhvanayati or dhvānayati cause to sound.

 

abhi &

pra = S.

Cf. apadhvānta.