Today’s session will be about the tenses and moods in Sanskrit.16/1
Six Tenses: one Present Tense, three Past Tenses (Aorist, Imperfect and Perfect), two Future Tenses (the First Future and the Second Future)
Four Moods: Imperative, Potential, Benedictive and Conditional. 16/2
लिट् (Perfect Past Tense) Action in the past which is not witnessed by speaker
लङ् (Simple Past Tense) Action in the past but not of today
लुङ् (General Past Tense) Action in the past in general 16/3
लृट् (Second Future Tense) Action in the future in general 16/4
विधिलिङ् (Potential Mood) Command, invitation, prayer, hypothetical, etc.
आशीर्लिङ् (Benedictive Mood) Expression of wish
लृङ् (Conditional Mood) Action which could have happened 16/5
पुनर्दर्शनाय punardarśanāya