Chapter 25 Summary

Question 1

25. vant/mant-stems are formed by adding either one of these suffixes (more frequently -vant-) to a
    noun to express possession

Answer 1

गुण-वन्त्-, for example, literally means ‘having (good) qualities’, and
thus ‘virtuous’; धी-मन्त्- literally means ‘having thought’, and thus ‘intelligent’.

Question 2

The suffix -vant is added to ta-participles to form a past active participle

Answer 2

on the basis of e.g.
लिखित- ‘having been written’, we find लिखितवन्त्- ‘having written’.

Question 3

The suffix -(a)nt is used to form the present and future active participles

Answer 3

nt- is added to the pres-
ent stem of thematic verbs, thus giving e.g. भरन्त्- (bhara-nt-) ‘carrying, one who is carrying’, नयन्त्-
‘leading’, गच्छन्त्- ‘going’, पश्यन्त्- ‘seeing’ etc. Present participles of athematic verbs are formed by
adding -ant- to the weak form of the stem, giving e.g. सन्त्- (s-ant-) ‘being’, घ्नन्त्- (ghn-ant-) ‘killing’,
शृण्वन्त्- ‘listening’ etc. The future active participle is formed by adding -nt- to the future stem; –›
गमिष्यन्त्- ‘(one who is) about to go’.

Question 4

गच्छन्ती-

Answer 4

‘(one who is)
going’

Question 5

शृण्वती-

Answer 5

‘(one who is)
listening’

Question 6

गमिष्यन्ती-/गमिष्यती-

Answer 6

‘(one who is) about
to go’

Question 7

भृतवती-

Answer 7

‘having carried, one
who has carried’

Question 8

mahānt- In this context, the adjective महान्त्- ‘big, great’ is also relevant.

Answer 8

महान्त्- has stem gradation, yet while the weak stem shows the expected zero grade (महत्-),
the strong stem stands not in guṇa, but in vṛddhi (महान्त्-, rather than the perhaps expected +महन्त्-)

Question 9

-mant-/-vant

Answer 9

added to nouns gives
meaning ‘having (that noun)’:
गुणवन्त्- ‘having virtue, virtuous’.

Question 10

-vant-

Answer 10

added to ta-participle: past active participle भृतवन्त्- ‘having carried’.

Question 11

mahānt

Answer 11

‘great’: vṛddhi in strong stem, zero grade in weak stem,
mahā- at beginning of compounds.