Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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PHONETICS & GRAMMAR AS FOUND IN THE BHAGAVATI SŪTRA : 239
vocative singular it is a or ā or o and in the plural ā, etc., e.g., Goyamā (1-1-9), Anandā (15-1-547).
Feminine forms in à stem :
(1) In the third person singular, nominative case, it ends in a e.g., Cellanā (1-1-4), Devānandā (9–33-380), and in the plural in ão, e.g., lessão (1-2-22). (2) In the accusative singular termination is am, e.g., Devānamdam (māhanim) (9-33-382), and in the plural it is ão, e. g., egamegão bhajjão (11-11-530). (3) In the instrumental singular it ends in ãe, e.g., Ajjā,Camdaņāe (9–33-382), and in the plural in āhi or him, e.g., Cilāiyāhim (9-33-380). (4) In the dative singular it is āe, e.g., Ajjā-Camdanāe ajjāe (9-33-382). (5) In the ablative singular it terminates in ãe and in the plural in āhimto. (6) In the genitive singular it is āe and in the plural it is āņam, e.g. (sing.) Devāņamdae (9-33-381), (plural) asgapadiyāriyānaṁ (11-11-428) (7) In the locative singular it terminates in ãe, e. g., Isiparisae (9-33-381) and in the plural āsu. (8) The vocative form is ā, e.g., Devānamdā (9-33-380).
The declension of the feminine forms in i or u are almost identical with that of the feminine ä with some exception in isolated cases, e.g., Kukkuļi (1-6-53) (nom.), Pabhāvatie Devie (instrumental) (11-11-428), miyavittie (dative) (1-8-65).
As regards pronouns it is not possible to present their complete forms out of the stray references to them in the Bhagavati Sūtra. But it is found that in their declension the same general rules of the nouns, masculine, neuter and feminine genders are followed in accordance with their respective genders and numbers in almost all case-endings with some exception, e.g., third person. Se (nom. sing.), te (nom. plu.), tam (accusative sing.), tenaṁ (instrumental sing.), tão (ablative sing.), tassa (genitive sing.), tesim (plu. gen.), tamsi or tammi (locative sing.), tesu (plu.), Fem. Sá (nom. sing.), tão (plu.), etc. First personaham (nom. sing.), amhe (nom. plu.), etc. Second person--tumam (nom. sing.), tujjhe (nom. plu.), or tumhe, etc.
Verbs :
In the Bhagavati Sūtra two classes of verbs have been used : (1) those which end in a, (2) those which end in e. Besides these there are some verbs which terminate in other vowels like thā, nī, etc. Some examples of conjugation are given below: