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The following are examples of the above terminations : 
A. — Baiswdri. 
Acc. ftfR qnRWRT, ‘ then Brahma advised the 
earth’. Ram. Bd. ch. 199, 9. 
ft,—qmft qm?r qr*ffq q^TTT, ‘ beholding Bam 
with affection she called near her friends.’ Ram. Ba. 
do. 265, 1. 
Instr. f%,—qsqf<T fqqit, ‘ Bam warned Lakhan with a 
sign.’ Ram. Ba. ch. 284, 8. 
ft,—qw ^IT^Tft q* qfq^Ttf qwft «|iW, ‘ the Lord, sensible of 
their affection, asked their welfare with politeness.’ 
Ram. A. ch. 25, 2. 
it, —qiw 4 ^*rftrr ^R*f ‘ Behind one’s back an enemy 
in the viciousness of his soul.’ Ram. Kis. ch. 7, 7, 
where qTW° is in the instrumental case, much like the 
Hindi tiw #, which means both ‘ behind’ (instr.) and 
‘from behind’ (all.). 
q,—ff^q^T fq^TJT *rft srqr, ‘aswater is not different from 
crystallized ice.’ Ram. Ba. ch. 123, 11. 
Dat. fe—qrq ttfa qffr? qmrf qrfc #T fqq vPCflf^ ^ff, ‘ after 
affectionately performing every rite, the king gave 
(her) in marriage to Bharat.’ Ram. Bd. chh. 49, 4. 
ft,—qs fqfa tffft qjTqy; tT, ‘ in many ways he shows honour 
to the bondmaid.’ Ram. A. ch. 24, 4. 
Abl. f^,— 3T^f? qfw qrft fi^rfqfq ^ToTT, ‘the king having inquired 
from the guru, performed the family rites.’ Ram. Bd. 
ch. 319, 8. 
ft,—siTrjft fq«rft vrq ‘ from your mother and 
your father you have well become debt-absolved.’ Ram. 
Bd. ch. 284, 2. 
Gen. ft,—^rqi'Tft tqitf, ‘at the words of Lakhan, 
Janak became afraid.’ Rdm. Bd. ch. 286, 4. 
ft—KTSift 3* qT q^rr ‘ There is a great love of the 
king for you.’ Ram. A. ch. 40, 6. 
—only used with pronouns (omitting \st and 2nd per¬ 
sonal pronouns) rTFQ ftqr^ qft ^q ‘ again, all 
approached hers.’ Ram. Kis. ch. 25, 3. 
q ,—only used with 1$£ and 2nd personal pronouns, fi* ^Tq 
rT WST, ‘an illusion (arising) from egoism and 
from “ mine” and “ thine.” ’ Rdm. Ar. ch. 12, 2. 
