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
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 10 MB

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Amrita
woman who is trampling on living beings, seeds and green grass is devoid of self-control, one should avoid her (alms).” pāșai jattha kesīkumārasamane mahaimahāliyae mahaccaparisāe majjhagae mahayā saddenam dhammā maikkhamanam ry. 19. “Where he sees monk Kesi sitting in the middle of that great assembly and preaching religion with a loud voice." III. AGREEMENT OF NUMERALS
The agreement of numbers is not homogeneous. All the ordinals are regarded as regular adjectives and therefore agree with the noun on which they depend in all respects. But the cardinals are not of one and the same nature. Some of them i.e. the first 19 numbers are adjectives, while those above them are regarded as substantives. They are further used collectively or distributively, which affects their agreement as regards the aspect of number, with reference to the noun and also their inherent meaning. This was caused by the supposition that the application of the category of number to a numeral may involve some kind of repetition.
The cardinal number meaning one fully agrees with the noun as regards Gender, Number and Case thus behaving like a regular adjective. By its very nature it cannot have a plural form. But this numeral includes not only the idea of 'one' but also that of an indefinite article which is a purely adjectival sense. In this second capacity it has a plural form meaning 'some'. Probably this dual nature of the numeral is the cause of its fully adjectival concord. As. eke mrige | M. 1. 5. "one deer” eko mago | G. 1. 11. ekaṁ samvaccharam | S. 5. 11. "One year.” AMg. pasai tas maham egam paumavarapondariyam | Sut. 2. 1. 2. “He sees a big, beautiful, excellent lotus." māhanā samanā ege | Sut. 1. 1. 2. 14. “Some Brahmāns and monks." JM. egāe haṁsie gabhammi | Erx. 1.14. "In the womb of a goose.” vahena egena ceva sarena vinivāyiyā | Erz. 1. 13. "The hunter killed both of them with one arrow."
The cardinals from two to eighteen are regarded as adjectives. But by the nature of their meaning they are always used in the plural. Moreover they have only one set of forms for all the three genders. As. majura duvi | S. 1. 3. "Two peacocks." do morā| G. 1. 11. duvehi yeva ākālehi T. VII. "with two akālas.” etāni pi cu timni pānāni | J. 1. 4. “These three animals also.” catparo rājano G. XIII. 8. “Four kings." pañcasu pañcasu vasesu | K. III. 7. "In every five years.” sașu vi yojanasateșu | M. XIII. 9. “In the six hundred Yojanas." AMg. donni vi rāyāno | Nir. 26. “Both the kings." tassa bhajja duve asi U. 22. 2. "He had two wives.” jahā ya tinni vaniyā U. 7. 14. Just as