NOTE: Present participles also end with 'at', but are declined somewhat differently from the standard case shown on the previous page. We show below the declensions for a present participle derived from the class 1 Parasmaipada verb 'bhU:1P:to be'. The verb class and other categorizations (for e.g., causative, etc.) determine which declension rules must be applied for the present participle.
Masculine base word: bhavat (being)
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
Nominative (NOM) | bhavan | bhavantO | bhavantaHa |
Accusative (ACC) | bhavantam | bhavantO | bhavataHa |
Instrumental (INS) | bhavatA | bhavadbhyAm | bhavadbhiHa |
Dative (DAT) | bhavate | bhavadbhyAm | bhavadbhyaHa |
Ablative (ABL) | bhavataHa | bhavadbhyAm | bhavadbhyaHa |
Genitive (GEN) | bhavataHa | bhavaoHa | bhavatAm |
Locative (LOC) | bhavati | bhavatoHa | bhavatsu |
Vocative (VOC) | bhavan | bhavantO | bhavantaHa |
Neuter base word: bhavat (being)
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
Nominative (NOM) | bhavat | bhavantI | bhavanti |
Accusative (ACC) | bhavat | bhavantI | bhavanti |
Instrumental (INS) | bhavatA | bhavadbhyAm | bhavadbhiHa |
Dative (DAT) | bhavate | bhavadbhyAm | bhavadbhyaHa |
Ablative (ABL) | bhavataHa | bhavadbhyAm | bhavadbhyaHa |
Genitive (GEN) | bhavataHa | bhavaoHa | bhavatAm |
Locative (LOC) | bhavati | bhavatoHa | bhavatsu |
Vocative (VOC) | bhavat | bhavantI | bhavanti |
Feminine base word: bhavat (being) [Note: the base word is first transformed to 'bhavantI', and then declined in the same manner as nadI (river)].
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
Nominative (NOM) | bhavantI | bhavantyO | bhavantyaHa |
Accusative (ACC) | bhavantIm | bhavantyO | bhavantIHa |
Instrumental (INS) | bhavantyA | bhavantIbhyAm | bhavantIbhiHa |
Dative (DAT) | bhavantyE | bhavantIbhyAm | bhavantIbhyaHa |
Ablative (ABL) | bhavantyAHa | bhavantIbhyAm | bhavantIbhyaHa |
Genitive (GEN) | bhavantyAHa | bhavantyoHa | bhavantInAm |
Locative (LOC) | bhavantyAm | bhavantyoHa | bhavantISHu |
Vocative (VOC) | bhavanti | bhavantyO | bhavantIHa |