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it mine by giving). The relative pronoun is frequently equivalent in 
meaning and usage to the Greek article agreeing with its antecedent 
not only in gender and number but also in case. When used in this way 
its independent character is lost. 
The imperfect and aorist sometimes appear without augment as often 
in the Veda. With the loss of this augment they sacrifice their peculiar 
character. After ma prohibitive the sense is that of an optative or im¬ 
perative. The infinitive often expresses purpose as the dative infini¬ 
tive in the Rig Veda. 
The participle of kar do regularly takes a genitive for the instrumen¬ 
tal, perhaps on account of the nominal character of the participle. 
