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stands in its general character on a level with the Low Hindi dialects, the 
existence of a neuter gender is but to he expected. 
To this class of Prdkritic nouns (viz. masculine in % and neuter 
in which Naipali has in common with the other Hindi-class Gau- 
fian languages, two further classes of Prdkritic nouns aro to be added. 
Namely, 1., a small class of nouns in ^3 which form their oblique form 
in "5ST, like the nouns in % ; e. g., oion in Naipali is 'WPfTW with an 
oblique form ^pfTWT •, see St. Luke xxiv. 32, WT W»T 
*tt% *r tin f=ir = Hindi 33 T #riii "it’ ^w«tt ^qwr ww fnrfiT w wt ; but St. 
Luke xviii. 14. ifT ’Wrqii WT 'ST JlilT = Hindi W? WW®] 'WW %I JTtTT. 
All infinitives belong to this class. They have a direct form in ^3 but an 
oblique form in ’Wr ; e. g., saying (or to say) is but order to say is 
w*t»it fwfwTt or ««nrr qrr «nfjr ; see St. Luke v. 23 .wkt wot wptf win vfw www 
% wfsf www fvr «efrN = Hindi qm twi 
'zz. liiT qwr but St. Luke v. 24 
«TTWr WWWT fwfwrt = Hindi f%w f^T gw %TJI STTWh or again St. Luke 
xix. 4. <3 qrr ~utji ant wt ^sr?T = Hindi #!%«} w ^«tt. 
2. A class oi' nouns with an oblique form in WI- The direct form would end, 
probably, in <Jt, but it never occurs. These nouns are never met with 
otherwise than in their oblique form ; e. g., ajiwwir#? is knowing (men) = 
Hindi 5TIWW4T# ; again qrr wufJl "3qrf<'w is in Hindi 3f3qr3~Fwqr% 
T %0 €t^tt 3TTUJIF St. Luke ii. 10 ; again fAw Mfw ^ Z 
= Hindi ^ <33W *fiT ^ or X3WJIT, St. Luke ix. 22 ; again 
%r SlWTPsWJT fgW 1JTT W?T = Hindi STWirEIW 357 3^T St. 
Luke i. 5, 7. From these examples the following conclusions may be drawn : 
«., these forms aro genitives ; b., they are genitives of verbal nouns (or as 
commonly called Infinitives). These two things appear clearly from the 
corresponding expressions in Hindi, c., according to general Naipali ana- 
logy, the final indicates that they are oblique forms. It may here at 
once be noted that this proves the identity of the oblique form with the 
organic genitive of the Prakrit, which these forms must be, if they are 
genitives at all. The ordinary infinitives end in ^3 ; and it is possible that 
the direct form corresponding to these oblique forms in WT also would end (if 
instances of it did exist) in ^ 3 . In that case the infinitives in would have 
two oblique forms in and in WT. Their difference would be this, that 
the oblique form in is used, when the regular and proper genitive with 
the post-position q>f is to be formed (e. g., ^3*3% WTCWT Al ^rsjT JKT^ 
= Hindi if wrcw WFTl 3JT3JI "fTVir, St. Luke xxiv. 20) ; but the form in 
is used, whenever the genitive is used objectively (e. g., *3 '3'awjr W = Hin- 
di '3'3^-qi^rT WT) . I consider it, however, more probable that the direct 
form of these oblique forms in WT would end in ’qji, that, e, g., to '33vt;r the 
direct form would be qfWWT- For these forms in WT correspond evidently 
