Mahanisiha Studies And Edition In Germany

Author(s): Chandrabhal Tripathi
Publisher: Chandrabhal Tripathi

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= vrata). [MNSt.A,p.94 lists the following instances: dāņo, duho, pacchitto, rayaņe, vigghe, sāmanne.) 15.d. masc. instead of fem.: taņu (II.$11.25), bondi (II.$11.26), thui (III. $8.4f.) with pasāhage and ese, but also with kāyavvā. See also below paragraph 19: quite a number of pronouns in I.147*-150*. [15.e. MNSt.A,p.94 mentions some words used in two genders: -attho / -attham, āgamam / āgamo, -janam / -jaạo, gaccham / gaccho.] 16
Case-forms 16[A] Nominative a. For the distribution of the nom.sg.masc. in -e/-o and the nom.pl.masc. in -e/-ā see MNSt.A, pp.84ff. and pp.88ff., but also MNSt.C,pp.13f. b. Sometimes the stem is used for the nom.sg.: metta (1.101*), pasu (II.4*), miya pasu (II.9*), guru (II.31*), bandhi (II.110*), hindi (II. 128*), gihi (II.189*), accana (III.35*,twice), pakkheva (III.85*). c. pasave (II.68*) is formed like bahave (Sanskritism). d. Sometimes the acc. seems to be used along with or instead of the nom., see II.138*, $20.1f., $20.4ff., 200*. 16[B] Accusative a. The stem is used for the acc.sg. in khana (II.6*). b. The acc.sg. of masc. and fem. stems in -i/-i often ends in -ī instead of -im: rāl (II.49* & 89*), joņi (II.64*), vāsiņi (II.151*a), sāhuņi (II.151*c), āīvamāņi (II.$18.3), mahai (II. $24.5), samsaggi (III.12*); vuddhi (1.101*) with metrically short -i; aggi (II.131*), āyai (II.$11.20). Cf. also the adv.acc. sunnāsunni (1.100*) below paragraph 21b. [The examples from Chap. VI given by Hamm (MNSt.C,p.14) are: itthi 111*, kāgiņi 335*, giri 341*, jāi 162*, dikkhā 162*, dhūli 235*, sari 341*.]
The Mss., especially Ms. c, sometimes use the spelling short vowel + double consonant instead of short vowel + m + single consonant, e.g. maha-nihi vva (III.9*), tanu cchive (I.119*). c. pure (I.28*) = puras (acc.pl.).