Possessives in -वन्त् and -मन्त्

धनवन्त् – having wealth, wealthy, rich (strong form – धनवन्त्, weak form – धनवत् declined like पद्) Those in -मन्त् declined the same way. These are rarer and rarely affixed to -अ stems. (Hart, p. 98)

Masculine/Neuter Possessives in -वन्त् (like पद्)

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Feminine Possessives in -वन्त् (like नदी)

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Present Participles Declined Like -वन्त् (like नदी)

(Hart, pp. 99-102) The present participles are built from removing the final इ from the 3rd person plural, active, present tense. Thus, “being” is भवन्त्. These are conjugated the same as possessives ending in -वन्त् with the following exceptions:

1. The masculine singular ends in -अन्. Thus, भवन् instead of भवान्
2. Thematic classes form the feminine by adding ई to the strong stem (-अन्त्), e.g. भवन्ती, except some class VI verbs that use the weak stem.
3. Athematic classes use the weak stem (-अत्), e.g. युञ्जती, except for some class II verbs whose root ends in -आ that use the strong stem.
4. Class III verbs’ present participles end in -अत् not -अन्त्. Both strong and weak stems use -अत्-. Thus, class III nom. sing. masc and nom. and acc. singular plural end in -अत्, e.g. ददत्.

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Possessives in -इन्

सुखिन् – having happiness, happy (strong/weak form – सुखिन्, form for pāda-endings – सुखि declined like पद्) Nom. singular masculine ending -ई; nom. & acc. singular neuter -इ; nom. singular feminine -इनी (declined like नदी). (Hart, p. 99)

Masculine/Neuter Possessives in -इन् (like पद्)

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Feminine Possessives in -इन् (like नदी)

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