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denoting the instrumental case. corresponding gen. signs dealt with
They are used just as the in Note, PD, 2. 4.
It is to be noted that in Tib. the instr. case sometimes serves both the nom. and instr. cases of Skt. in both the voices, active and passive.
PRAJÑADAŅDA
locative cases, also to a
7. c. སྤྱིར spyir. སྤྱི spyi is a shortened form of སྤྱི་བོ pyi. bo, murdhan, 'head', agra 'top.' Note here that for metrical grounds or brevity sometimes fuller forms are shortened as in the present case, or hgro.po, gantṛ ‘one hgro.ba. po. See Note, PD, 1.7.
who goes' for
ris a ptcl. generally forming the dative and the infinitives, and adverbs. Sometimes it is added predicative adjective (see PD, 5:
mkhas.par). 8. C.
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In the present case it is in the locative sense. bkur.ba.ḥam. In fact we have here
bkur.ba and 2 ham, but owing to the metrical
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ground, i. e. in order to leave out a syllable which is not required (for here we want only seven and not eight syllables) they are put together.
ham is a ptcl. signifying vā (athavā, etc.) 'or,' as in the present case, and interrogation. In the last case the first letter of 2 ham when used after a consonant takes the form of
