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-a : When the final anusvāra is sometimes not represented ; ef. dāna A 5, A 6 etc., jātaka B 41, B 42 etc., Fetanama (acc. sg.) B 32, kata A. 112, A 129, toraṇa A 129 ; dān[ā] A 49a is probably mistake for dāna (ṁ). |
| (iii) Inst. sg |
-eṇa: puteṇa and pauteṇa A 1.
-ena: Vāchhiputena A 1 (as already remarked this is perhaps a mis take for –puteṇa), koṭisaṁthatena B 32. |
| (iv) Dat. sg. |
-yā (=ya) ; aṭhāyā (mistake for aṭhāya) A 108. |
| (v) Abl. sg. |
-a: This and the -ā endings are more common. Karahakaṭa. A 6, A7, A 8, Nāsika A 46, Vedisa A 33. |
| -ā: |
Vediśa A 30, A 32, A 34, A 35, Pāṭaliputā A 13, A 14, A 15. |
| -ato: |
This is not very frequent. Vedisāto A 31, Baha[ḍa]to A 50,. and perhaps in ……… to A 80 where the place name is missing. |
| (vi) Gen. sg |
-sa: Vīsadevasa A 1, Mitasa A 101 etc., Kasapasa B 17, Mahādevasa B 81. It is clear that in the large majority of cases in which this ending occurs it stands for –(a)ssa. But in there or four instances we find the preceding vowel a lengthened, and if these readings are correct then we may assume here a slightly developed tendency to pronounce the gen. sg. ending as a single consonant with the compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel. asavārikāsa A 22, Thupadāsāsa[1] A 25, bhadaṁtāsa A 38, Bhutārakhit[ā]sa A 38. |
| (vii) Loc. sg. |
-e: This is more frequent. raje A 1, Naḍode B 70 etc., pavate B 73, B 74, jātake B 42a.
-mi(?) : Moragirami A 26 (with the change of the base in giri- to- gira-). But Lüders regards the form as a mistake for Moragirima or Moragirimha, the abl. sg. form. tirami B 62. But Liiders regards ra a mistake in the eye-copy and reads it along with the following word as timitimiṁgila |
| (viii) Nom. pl. mas. -ā: |
thabhā A 25 etc., de[v]ā B 24. |
| (ix) Nom. pl. neut. -āni: |
kāmāvacharasahasāni B 26. For dānā A 49a cf. §5, II. |
| (x) Acc. pl. mas. -e: |
sise B 63. |
| (xi) Gen. pl. |
-anaṁ: Suganaṁ A 1, devānaṁ B 27. -ana: Sagāna A 2, dāyakana A 16. |
§26. Fem. Nouns ending in –ā. |
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| (i) Nom. sg. |
-ā: Chandā B 2, Chulakokā B 11, Alaṁbusā B 31, devatā B 11,. Asaḍā B 64. |
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-a: When the length of the final vowel is not marked. devata B 8, B 12, Mahakoka B 12, Sudasana B 10, Idasālaguha B 35, Sivala B 56, chitupādasila B 67. |
| (ii) Acc. sg. |
-aṁ: utaraṁ B 25, dakhinaṁ B 26, purathima(ṁ) B 24. -a: With the absence of final anusvāra. disa B 24, B 25, B 26,
katha B 73 (Sk. kanthā). |
| (iii) Abl. Sg. |
-(a)yā: Purikāyā A 18, A 20, Purikayā A 19.
-(a)ya: Purikāya A 16, A 17, Asitamasāya A 36. |
