Arddhmagdhi Grammar

Author(s): P L Vaidya
Publisher: Modern Book Depot

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ARDHAMĀGADHI GRAMMAR
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IV DECLENSION
A. NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES 55. Amg., like other Prakrits, has only two numbers, singular and plural.
56. As Amg. does not allow a consonant to stand: at the end of the word, there will be no nouns and adjectives ending in consonants. As Amg. has no *, there will be no nouns ending in that vowel. There are however a few remnants of the declensional forms of words which, in Sanskrit, ended in consonants and in # We will treat them under irregularities. So for all practical purposes we divide the declension of nouns under the following heads :
(1) Masculine nouns ending in 37. (2) Masculine nouns ending in and 3. (3) Neuter nouns ending in 37. (4) Neuter nouns ending in and J. (5) Feminine nouns ending in T. (6) Feminine nouns ending in 8, 6, 3, 5. (7) Irregular declension.
57. Masculine nouns ending in 2, e. g., ta, are declined as below:
ca, m. a god Singular
Plural a, (aat)
देवा V. car, (eat)
T . देवं
aa, (aat) I. देवेण, देवेणं
देवेहि, देवेहि Ab. देवाओ, देवा
देवेहितो देवस्स
देवाण, देवाणं देवे, देवसि, देवम्मि देवेसु, देवेसुं
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