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Genitive, Locative and Vocative with their same functions as in Sanskrit.
The order of cases as given above is that followed by Sanskrit Grammarians who based it on similarity of forms. On the same principle the order of cases in a Prakrit Grammar should be Nominative, Vocative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive, Instrumental, Locative and Ablative which will be followed when full declension of a word is given.
Nouns.
For convenience sake, the declension of nouns may be treated under the following heads:--
b.
8. Masculine nouns ending in Masculine nouns ending in Neuter nouns ending in, d. Feminine nouns ending ing
C.
Feminine nouns ending in r,
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C.
f. Irregular forms.
N.
Ac. D.
ܐ ܘ
L.
Ab.
am.a god'
Singular
देवे, देवो
देवा ! देवो !
देवं
Zarea, ang
देवस देवेणं देवसि, देवे देवाओ, देवा
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अ.
or 3.
or 3.
or 3.
or F.
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Plural
देवा
देवा !
देवे, देवा
Zaru
देवां
देवेह
देवे
arear
Note 1. Sometimes in poetry the final anusvära disappears and the preceding vowel may or may not be nasalised.
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