The intensives are not frequent in literature. In the brâhmaṇas and in the great epic poems they are more to be met with than in younger texts. The participles of them seem to be more employed than the finite verbs.
Examples: Mhbh. 1, 90, 4
強意動詞(intensive)は、文献上には頻繁には現れない。ブラーフマナ文献と2大叙事詩では、それより新しいテキストに比べて多く見られる。強意動詞の分詞は定動詞よりも多く用いられているように思われる。
Mhbh. 1, 90, 4
R. 2, 95, 10
Kathâs. 81, 17 the glow of the sun at the hottest part of the day is thus described
Panc. V, p. 321 the ram, that flees into the stable, after having been driven away by the cook with a blazing stick, is called