ashtottaram (fwd)

[Anand Hudli]

>Hi Ravi,
>
>I confirmed that dhIH is a feminine root, meaning
thought/understanding,
>which becomes dhiye or dhiyai in the caturthI vibhakti. I think dhiye
will
>be a better choice. It is one of those rare declensions that finds
special
>mention in the grammar books, and is therefore easily forgotten! Also,
>check with John Grimes if candramas takes forms like manas or like
normal
>a-kArAnta roots. I suspect that it is like manas, which means that the
>dative would be candramase; if it is a standard a-kArAnta, candramAya
>would be correct, but I wasn't able to check on this.

 The chaturthi vibhakti form of chandramas is chandramase. The
 only differences between the vibhakti forms of between chandramas
 and manas are in the first two vibhaktis. Chandramas is masculine
 while manas is neuter; thus the differences.

 Anand

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