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gender from the gender of the antecedent noun, the relative pronoun agrees with the predicate rather than its antecedent. The demonstrative pronoun naturally agrees with the antecedent noun. As. ese tu parisrave yaṁ apuñam G. X. 3. “That peril is sin.” e hi etrake mangale samsayike tam S. IX. 6. "For the ceremonial of this world is of doutful efficacy.” ese hi srethe am dhrammanusāśana | M. IV. 17. “This is the best deed, the promulgation of religion.” P. appamatto ayam gandho yāyam tagaracanani | Dh. 56. “Very little is this scent, the scent of sandal and aloe.” yassa bhāriya...śīlavati patibbatā dāresu ve sotthānaṁ tadāhu Jat. IV. 76. “Whose wife is endowed with good conduct and devoted to her husband, she is called the best resort among wives." AMg. je māhanā jāivijjovaveyā tāim tu khettāi supesalāim | U. 12. 13. "Those Brahmāns who are endowed with birth and knowledge are the best fields."
If the sentence has more than one predicate the relative pronoun agrees with the one nearest to it. As. esa hi dhammāpadane dhammapatipati ca yā iyam d yā dāne S ce Socaye mad ve sādhave ca lokasa hevam vadhisati ti | T. VII. "The performance of law and the belief in law are but how kindness, charity, truthfulness, cleanliness, happiness and goodness will be increasing among the people." P. am mahārāja y ññevoñanām să eva paññā . Mil. 42. “Yes, o king, what is knowledge is intellect."
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