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se Ona 0864-82 aig 01 ‘et Bama er seca ‘The Imerrogative Pronouns keri, han! and Kt sn the Afoka Balets Herman Teken Introduction! “The instances ofthe iterrogative pronouns kavtand Lain the Aka edits? a8 in RE TV (F) pu (pt) ea ath nase. pavedhayisarit eva dhanmacalonai and RE Vi(L) kt bhava dnaniyar yehar, ida ea Kan suthapeyan, ave caused cosicerble embarasstest mong scholars, From the iaslatons which have bea given so fart becomes clear tha oe dd not realy Know what todo with hese intes- rogave pronouns. In this article an atlempe is rade to define their function Iwill argue that in both cases we sero be dealing with de- pendent Why-sentences. Ax such, ka sound wie side by side with “bia. nfuetonally equivalent sts. On he otes had the com arson of kan anda with ke. bags tall he mere cealy fel exceptional nate, The form li is regular Sanskt andthe inn construction isi agreement withthe noon les of San- Ski. By comuast, an imerogative kam i ot frnd in Sask andthe ve of Lani in he ASokaiseriptons doesnot gree with that of San- Sit hand “ich things. However, tbe mest seking fete of koi” fan, when compared o kit or oteritemoguve pronouns i San- ssi concerns thelr postion in the sentence. Contrary 1 kv, kas » Ghee a Ec (RE) eee nen om ee sense {Sx G07, qo oi ir Eas om ee (83) a tae of these pur Es (4 om Ae 96 Inte bes hoe ‘heated els atheseneer oor tebe ine 0 -murenrocarivernoNouNe ema TEEN al ea ich palahamani hakans Kt: Bhaxanah anya Soham, hia ca Ki suthtpaya’ pala ca sagan 2 “TE INTERROGATIVE HUONOUNS \ exaeTKN “6 ania M and tobe ale o provide a ans toth inp ji proceedings and marty in punishments “The texts continues in Las follows: a te pi ox me aout bashdhanabadbanan munisanane ‘litdandanan patavadhanam tin divas me yote dint. In this passage the emperor seems to be menioeing specific measure hich be wished to exclade fom his pic of delegation: (was orcover, goes my dato poop who have ‘an imprisoned, fave gone tough th: jal process abd “ ‘ie recAT¥ ONOUNS 4s sss thea dace aes ther One problem tween to complete opposites, “uring towards, application” and vem ich cach meine Anweisunger len zt wissen getan abe, meet fesen mein ganzs Land Genlgegetan habe, However, with ‘ganzes Land” Alsdort was probably translating pera those (La) Ione who persuades with he presnt paige of ‘och mt einen Tel verachsigen sole, de wird setlecies Karman ema mts a “conser the dharme co An interesting instanceof kan is fund in PE V (Delbi-Tope) (© las ca salt c@ gablint v2 peyamina va evadilya potas pica Kani asaimaste asc translates the passage as fllows: "Tose... ewes, and sows 1 vt intact nec il. ne EVIL ded one? 0 "THEINTERROGATIVERONOUNS essa ren st our ave to say: this (cere tote performed “The he instanceof kasi ound in REIV (Pr (C) aise ahi vasa no hagpulve rads aja vate [D) esa vaavive pina pi paten pi Bhan pi sanamikena pi ‘mtarmtena pi ava psiveyend [piv dha yr ravine (E] 2c lath kalo hidloke ca kat clade hot poate ‘narzan prnan pasa tena dhatmadenena™ ‘fit, namely PE appa o be special cases, a 1 ‘wl proceed 1 show. "Te ist example of ena which may be discussed is PE VI (SS) yah dharma aa fata kata em esa silahaibhani vt lepton va ed out by me elsenbere (Tieken 200), the Seventh il patched by oe Tasig Bema sien (Abort 1962: 36-7) 56 ‘re ereocaTve RoNOUNE and SE angnd) 2 “The exact meaning ofthis sentence has ben discussed by mein det _lswnere.® For the preszar purpose Schneider's ansiion suces [ena] die Menschen niche one Grund ir Fescingelegt oder ‘he Grund pefotet werden (Also 192: 38, | versions ofthe Rock Ect sries. They have been seed ito an pil)" In oth cases we sem to be dealing with ad ho synonyms ss ‘nicoeeRnocanvE moons ‘sed on etymological specolations. 150, one may ask if he coincidence “Impression male by he words maalake an maya one ie wich might in fc lo be ape to the use of nai ah vintenn, “Se (this ede) existien in uae Soren i (D) sea ye abhiale vt driv arparve me ke Kit la sisi pi me chardaninan pica i ca hand vyovadisrtyena man lajaka caghai stave o ‘we rennonaTive RONG can TREN 6 Sanshi Kavya wton and which on 6 Sanskrit colored by reional det @ ri oeeenocarivereonomns (250 er imerpint Ask Colton 5 Indi from he Veda Msn ree

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