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AHRAGA i Syt. 'Invite with pleasures', (vii) to eat OPENI HIÊ Erz. 'Eat curds' and other verbs.
370 It is governed by nouns and adjectives: o go qayfa Atel Sut. 1.7.12. Some say that liberation is due to oblation.' Taur Gratuur F oto T EII Nay. 1.8. * Best as regards beauty, form and youth'.
371 It forms a number of expressions of a prohibitive nature: starska vil Ay. 1.2.5. Enough of the friendship of the fool.' TAU PE I U. 14. 17. 'What is the use of religion?'
372 It is used in comparison : santi egehi bhikkhūhim gāratthā sarjamuttarā U. 5.20. There are many householders superior to monks in self-control.' Sequence : eyassa pavarakitti geham gehena bhamai Pau. 15.66. His excellent fame wanders from house to house. In the sense of Loc. : Lādhehi tassa uvasaggā bahave Ay. 1.9.3.3. 'He had many difficulties in L.' sattā kāmeni māņavā Sut. 1.1.1.6. Men are attached to pleasures.' Absolute use : santeņa mae sāmiya Pau. 16.31. 'O Lord while I am here.'
373 DATIVE. The function of the dative to express the indirect object is taken over by the Genitive. The old dative form in org is often replaced by a compound expression in which , et and seg are added to the noun.
374 The dative expresses the person for whose advantage or disadvantage the act is performed. चेलगोलं कमारभूयाए। Sut. 1.2.4.14. “a ball for the son.' 3TCUET met al U. 1.25. either for oneself or for another.'
375. The usual meaning of this case is to express the aim or purpose of an action. हियनिस्सेसाय सव्वजीवाणं । U. 8.3: ''for the welfare and happiness of all beings.' G AUS GUS AT CUETTE EH I Das. V. 1. ‘what he may
