Introduction 61 General quotatives with āha 61 1. »...« iti/ti āha., "»...«, [this the author of the commented text] says." 62 2. "»...aha >...« ti." "...[the author of the commented text] says:»...«." 64 3.1 Tenāha/ten' evāha »...« ti, "Therefore/Exactly or only therefore [the author of the commented text] says: »...«." 67 3.2 Tenāhu: »...« ti, "Therefore they say: »...«." 68 4. Tasmā āha/tasmāha: »...«, "Therefore [the author of the commented text] says: »...«." 69 5. Yathāha: »...«., "As [the author of the quoted text] says: »...«." 70 6. Aha ca: »...«, "it is said: »...«; āha c' ettha: »...«, "it is said in this connection/in this respect: »...«." 70