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1878.] John Beames —Grammar of Chand Bardai. 
addition, so is the use of If as a nominative, and the modern fashion of 
saying "if is founded upon ignorance of the true nature of the word and 
contains the instrumental twice over. 
For commonest of the oblique forms, innumerable examples may 
he found. Two may suffice, as the form is also in use in mediaeval Hindi, 
down to the seventeenth century at least. 
3t|t II I, 192. 2. 
The lord of Mohini (Durga) hath said to me. 
fqrTT II LXIY, 3GG. 9. 
There is no business for me in my father’s palace. 
( i . e., What have I to do with it ?) 
It is apparently Chand’s idea of metre, for he has some ideas on the 
subject, that leads him to shorten this form constantly into as: 
^TT I, 170. 2. 
\J 
If Dhundha shall swallow me. 
cr*i ^ ^ 11 
rre ^ 3TTfT II 
\J M 
^ ^rf?T ^rft ii -qrs; ww n I. 27G. 1-4. 
Till then pain and poverty (were in my) body. 
Till then my limbs were light; (i. e., mean, contemptible). 
As long as I came not (to thee), 
And worshipped at thy feet. 
The final short i is sometimes omitted, as 
Pit *T<T II I. 179. 2. 
This opinion seems (right) to me. 
Commoner than any except mold is the form ^T, used for all cases, some¬ 
times with, but oftener without, post-positions, as 
fcfTH II I. 188. 11. 
How shall there be salvation for me. 
f*lf% W <TTcT HX II I. 49. 9. 
He who killed the snake (on) my father’s neck. 
Vif ^Tftr ^'TffT II ) yj qg q_2 
■sum ^ II S 
Bhat by caste, king of poets. 
Lord! my name (is) Chand. 
iNrt ^ TTF55 II I. 1G0. 1. 
Having thus said for me you find fear. 
(i, e., You put fear into mind). 
«T II I. 157. 1. 
If you do not speak the truth to me. 
Instances of the form hvr are also frequent. 
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