Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. Uses of the aorist -- III. The 'mythological' aorist -- IV. The aorist of the antecedent process -- V. Some observations on the use of the present stem -- VI. Uses of the imperfect -- VII. Imperatives -- VIII. Participles -- IX. The use of past tenses (impf., aor., perf.) in dialogues and quotations -- X. Alternation of present and aorist -- XI. The use of tenses in connection with the particle ma -- XII. Detailed examination of the aspectual functions of some roots in Rgveda and Atharvaveda -- XIII. Clauses introduced by conjunctions -- XIV. Some remarks on the use of the present indicative -- XV. The function of the preverbs -- XVI. The pertinent Rgvedic facts viewed in their historical perspective -- Index of technical terms used -- Index of the main text-places studied