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Dat. o^Tf^TT ^«TT*T, ‘ to all he made meet reverence.’ 
Man. 9, 62. 
All. f%, —from boyhood cowherds learn 
cattle-tending. Man. 4, 12. 
3 ?,—TWPCq ’C^T, ‘from that place their hopes 
remained equally (unsatisfied).’ Man. 1, 8. 
—f%3T «rf| rfcT^ W, ‘ nothing came to pass from there.’ 
11. 7. 
Gen. §T^T, ‘ a means of the going of Akrur.’ 
Man. 7, 17. 
fj, —only used with pronouns (omitting 1st and 2nd personal 
pronouns), q-W rT^r#, ‘ whose mind trembles 
exceedingly,’ Vid. 7, 5. 
—only used with ls£ and 2nd personal pronouns, *rfit 
‘he is not my brother-in-law,’ Vid. 79, 7. 
%—only used in the 2nd personal pronoun, qT^ q^W flTg 
qT^ft, ‘ nay feet have touched thy water, 0 mother,’ 
Vid. 78, 3. 
Doc. f^,—olfl^TT ^^T«TT^T, ‘ into the Jamuna-pool went 
Krishn.’ Man. 4, 18. 
^ 5i^T, ‘ in her astonishment, the vermilion 
was rubbed off,’ Vid. 26, 4. 
‘the yadari has dried up in the fields.’ 
Famine sony, 12. 
SI,—q^ 3 s f^rq«T VK* si^T^T, ‘ Krishn was extremely skilled 
in wrestling.’ Man. 9, 30. 
*rf% VT9slfa qjqsJ, ‘ even at any time he spake not 
harshly in anger.’ Man. 7, 35. 
q,—‘ I shall go on an unfrequented river 
bank,’ Vid. 5, 3. 
This form of locative is very common in all Bihari dialects 
in phrases such as sp ‘ in every house,’ &c. 
From the above we are justified in drawing up the follow¬ 
ing model paradigm of the organic declension of the 
word qfif, the weak form of ‘ a horse,’ in the sin¬ 
gular number. 
