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my deed for which I have not repented, that even knowing religion I am attached to pleasure of senses.' अजउत्त सोहणं ai À 7091 Faruit | Erz. 8.29. 'O Lord, you did well in killing that wicked man.'
344 If the predicate of a relative pronoun is a noun having a different 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. जे माहणा जाइविजोववेया ताई I ET EASIE I U. 12.13. 'Those Brahmins who are endowed with birth and knowledge are the best fields.'
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345 The Singular number naturally gives expression to an idea which is by nature one or when the contents of an idea are homogeneous or an idea of a collective nature. The collective words in the singular are always treated as singular and never as plural. FUIT STAAkt gå 3715451 Bhag. 15.1.3. 'People were speaking to each other.'
Many words which are used only in the plural in Sanskrit are found in Prākrit as both singular or plural. pruttesu dāresu ca yā apekkhā Sn. 38. 'the attachment towards sons and wife,' pudhavi au teū ya Sut. 1.1.1.18. ' earth, water and fire'. somilam māhanam pāņehi kaddhāvei Ant. 66. 'He caused Somila to be deprived of his life.'
346 Singular is used to denote whole class or material things forming one class. ape Far ATI U. 2.27. 'There is no destruction of the soul'. पूयं च सोणियं च आहारेइ । Vip. 27. 'He eats pus and blood.'
A curious use of the singular is found in dasaddhayanne kusume nivāie Bhag. 15.1.7. Flowers of five colours were thrown down.'
