Sizyate
śiṣyate , could be considered normal Skt. pass. to śās-, is instructed, learns (with acc. ): (dārakasahasrāṇi …) lipiṃ °ante sma LV 127.4 (prose; all mss. ; Calc. śikṣante). The prec. and foll. items show that, acc. to persistent tradition, LV (and esp. in this vicinity) uses forms in śiṣy- for Skt. and usual BHS śikṣ-; those which Weller notices he regards as mere corruptions for śikṣ- (41, line 1); but it is not impossible that the word śiṣya is concerned in some or all of them, even in this, which could be a denom. In śiṣyā(-pada), for śikṣā-, the influence of śiṣya could only have been exerted in secondary blending. These substitutions may also have phonetic aspects (ṣ for kh for kṣ, § 2.26 ).