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I ARTICLE
328 There is no article in Ardha-Māgadhi. The meaning of both the definite and indefinite articles is inherent in the word itself. So great means 'a man' and 'the man' according to the context. If they are to be pointed out prominently the definite article is expressed by the demonstrative pronoun, a GRATI' the man'. At saft I ' that lady', alegur di 9 TEI the child took the fruit'. The indefinite article is expressed by the use of g. grit PETI a lion', ilg OTT HEUT Ran I ' A certain Brahmin lived in Campā'.
Historically the article has arisen out of the demonstrative pronoun which has lost much of its original force. In AMg. however, it has never lost its force to such an extent as can be compared with the article of the European languages. The same holds good of the indefinite article arising from the numeral 'one'. But a close approach to the use of article is found in the canonical prose in cases like: tae nam se jāiandhe purise Vip. 11. ' then the blind man' tae nam se purise tam purisaṁ evam vayāsi Sut. 2.13 then the man spoke to the other man', tae nam se ānande Upa. 10. then Ananda.'
II AGREEMENT
329 Agreement relates mainly to such aspects as Gender, Number, Case and Person, regarding which the words must formally agree to form congruence between them. • Various factors help to break down this congruence. Thus the impression produced by the actual fact like a collective idea
