Amrita Collected Papers by A M Ghatage

SR No.: 006968
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Kasturbhai Lalbhai Smarak Nidhi Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 530
Language: English
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Amrita
subjects is found in : Ap. punu vi bhuyangaselapavisanu kiyaü tehi kiyayaninnäsanu Hp. 92. 10. 2. "Then they effected entrance into Bhuyangasela and the killing of Kiyaya.”
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As pointed out by Alsdorf this curious construction in the Ap. language is due to the fact that the conjunctive particle ca is absent in this language. Other related words like vi, punu, conated something more than the mere meaning of ca and were not used to join two simple sentences. The natural result of this fact was the putting together of two verbs or two subjects without a connecting word and in course of time the stylistic peculiarity of putting the single word between the other two connected with it arose to give facility to the understanding which it admirably performed. II. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SUBSTANTIVE AND THE ADJECTIVE.
On the whole the adjective agrees with the substantive on which it depends in Gender, Number and Case. The exceptions to this rule are only occasional
When a substantive is pointed out by means of a superlative from a group of nouns usually in the Genitive and the two nouns differ in Gender, the superlative usually agrees with the noun in the nominative and not with the one in the Genitive. P. saccam have sādutaram rasanam Sn. 182. "Truth is the sweetest of all flavours." AMg. cando va tārāna mahānubhāve Sut. 1. 6. 19. "Just as the moon is the most lustrous among the stars." gandhesu vā candanam āhu settham Sut. 1. 6. 19. “As sandal is the best among the scents." tavesu vā uttamam bambhacariyam Sut. 1. 6. 23. "Celibacy is the best among the penances.” But the older method of agremeent is found in AMg? thaniyam ca saddana anuttare ū | Sut. 1. 6. 10. "The thunder is the best among the sounds." Thus it is clear that attraction is the chief cause of deciding the gender of the superlative form of the adjective, even though we expect, according to meaning, that it should agree with the genitive, as all such sentences mean that one of the many is the predicate which is put in the nominative. But as the word in the genitive was not repeated in the nominative form, as being not necessary for the expression of meaning, it was found impossible to make the adjective agree with a noun which was unexpressed. The other substantive also in the nominative present in the sentence as the subject naturally attracted the adjective and ultimately came to agree with it in gender. The contrary illustrations in Prākrit are merely occasional.
The agreement of an adjective with more than one substantive is on