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INFINITIVE-K\u0100MA<\/em> COMPOUNDS IN THE MAH\u0100BH\u0100RATA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> contains 212 instances of a bahuvr\u012bhi<\/em> compound consisting of a –tu<\/em> infinitive as its first member and the noun k\u0101ma<\/em>– \u2018wish, desire\u2019 as its second. Functioning like a verbal form, this compound type expresses the wish to perform the action denoted by the infinitive. It is peculiar in that it shows full government of the verb\u2019s arguments and thus highly irregular asamartha<\/em> compounding. As in the following example, this construction is typically used as a nominal (often corresponding to a relative clause) or verbal apposition: d\u012brghak\u0101l\u0101rjita\u1e43 krodha\u1e43 moktuk\u0101ma\u1e43 tvayi dhruvam<\/em> (MBh 8,34.12c) \u201c[Look at this man \u2026] who wants to unleash upon you the anger he has nursed for so long.\u201d Note that the phrase d\u012brghak\u0101l\u0101rjita\u1e43 krodham <\/em>is the direct object of the verb moc<\/em>-. However, infinitive-k\u0101ma <\/em>compounds can also function as independent main verbs of a clause (as in the previous example, the compounded verbal noun of dar\u015b<\/em>– governs arguments): \u015bi\u015byayor vai gad\u0101yuddha\u1e43 dra\u1e63\u1e6duk\u0101mo \u2019smi m\u0101dhava<\/em> (MBh 9,33.5e) \u2018I want to see the club-fight of my two pupils, M\u0101dhava.\u2019 Discussing its morphological formation, Wackernagel suggests that this compound type is a late formation since it is not yet attested in the Upani\u1e63ads (Wackernagel and Debrunner 1954, 652 (\u00a7483.b)). Beyond his brief account, infinitive-k\u0101ma<\/em> compounds have received little attention in linguistic research; for example, Oberlies 2003, pp. 274\u2013279 and Edgerton 1953, pp. 178\u2013180 list infinitive forms, but do not discuss their syntactic use, much less the compound in question. Delbr\u00fcck 1888, p. 429 provides examples of the syntagm infinitive and verb kam<\/em>(i<\/em>)- from Vedic prose, but does not discuss the compound formation. This presentation explores factors governing the use of infinitive-k\u0101ma<\/em> compounds in the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em>. To this end, these compounds are compared with two semantically equivalent, but better attested constructions: desiderative forms and periphrastic expressions of the form infinitive + e\u1e63<\/em>– \u2018wish to \u2026\u2019 (e.g. gantum<\/em> icchati<\/em>). The presentation discusses which features of the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> (e.g., whether a construction is found in the main text or the appendices) and of the syntactic context (e.g., number of verbal arguments, dependency type of the construction) might determine the choice among the three alternatives. In addition, it will study whether the metrical form of the containing text line influences this choice, building on methods developed in Sellmer 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n References<\/p>\n\n\n\n Delbr\u00fcck, Berthold. 1888. Altindische Syntax<\/em>. Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edgerton, Franklin. 1953. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary<\/em>. New Haven: Yale University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oberlies, Thomas. 2003. A Grammar of Epic Sanskrit<\/em>. Berlin: De Gruyter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sellmer, Sven. 2015. Formulaic Diction and Versification in the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em>. Pozna\u0144: Adam Mickiewicz University Press. Wackernagel, Jacob and Albert Debrunner. 1954. Altindische Grammatik. II, 2: Die Nominalsuffixes<\/em>. 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Functioning like a verbal form, this compound type expresses the wish to perform the action denoted by the infinitive. 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