[en] The Vedic locution prathamam jâjyamânah is a syntagm, where the first word, used as an adverb, means that the action expressed by the participle happens just before the action of the main verb of the sentence. Once this rule is established, other examples of this use of prathamam can be identified. This turn, very rare in the texts, was archaic and finally disappeared.
Disciplines :
Classical & oriental studies
Author, co-author :
Swennen, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Langues er religions du monde indo-iranien ancien
Language :
French
Title :
Syntaxe et sens de la tournure védique prathamam jayamânah
Alternative titles :
[en] Syntax and signification of the Vedic syntagm prathamam jayamânah
Publication date :
2000
Journal title :
AION. Annali dell'Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli. Sezione Filologico-Letteraria
ISSN :
1128-7209
eISSN :
1724-6172
Publisher :
Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, Napoli, Italy
