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kofh, a fragrant root, AucJclandia Costus ; wad, discount; are similarly 
declined, except that they do not change their final consonant. Thus 
< *F3‘ yqd* sutin , by the belly (7). Horn. pi. 4^ yqd 11 (17). 
The Words khar, an ass’s load, a certain measure ; mar , the 
name of a river; ^tt^c sdr , a cross-beam, for strengthening ; rdf, 
stock-in-trade; follow the same rule. N.g., nom. pi. khgr* (18). 
[Sutra 18, apparently only refers to the plural. But the singular follows 
the same rule, e.g ., ^f?T*r khgr* sutin , by the measure]. 
The word gdv, abovementioned, changes its a to © in all cases 
except the nom. sg. (72); thus, acc. sg. gov* ; ag. sg. jffa qov* ; 
A A 
nom. pi. JTl«r gov* 
A 
E. Composition and Concordance. 
I^vara-kaula, in his Kagmira-gabdamrta, treats of the two subjects 
forming the title of this section, in the Samdsa-prakriya , the third portion 
of his grammar. He treats an adjective in concord with a noun as an 
example of a karmadhdraya, or adjectival compound. Really, as will 
be seen, it is not a compound at all, but an instance of syntactical 
agreement. Just as bonus homo , in Latin means a good man, and boni 
hominis , of a good man, so bad* lar*, in Ka^miri means a large house, 
and baji lari pyath a , means from a great house. 
In the case of all compounds and concordances the postposition 
denoting the case is omitted after every member of the compound, 
except the last, but each member is inflected as if to receive the post¬ 
position (iii. 2). Thus, chgt u gur n means, a white horse. The 
instrumental plural of chgt u is chaiyau sutin , and of 
gur* is guryau sutin , but the instrumental plural of Wg 
chat 11 gur w , is WcSft ^fh*T chatyau guryau sutin , not g*jf 
*j£frT«r chatyau sutin guryau sytin, by white horses. When there is no 
postposition these remarks, of course, do not apply. Thus the accusa¬ 
tive singular is chatis guris , and the nom. pi. is sFftr jft 
chgt* gur** 
