§ 153-156. 115 positional employment of f: is proved by compounds of the type Awanfur (fresh from the loom), Fontaner (from Kauçâmbi), if compared with , f (P. 2, 2, 18 with vårtt.) etc. 154. The old prepositions are, in alphabetical order:
- 134,
1.
- 1)
11. far 2. ETET! 12.j 3. 13. * 4. 14. 5.
10. 34 15. RT Of them, nine (the nos 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15) are obsolete or at least used extremely seldom in the classic dialect.
6. 7. E 8. ** 9. 34* 16. * 17. f 18. fa 19. a.) OBSOLETE PREPOSITIONS. 95 2) 155, 1. is rarely used as a prepos., however frequent, when P. 1,4, . mere adverb >exceedingly, very." When prepos. it agrees with accus. Ait. Br. 4, 6, 13 à ustricafe quta: (offspring, indeed, and cattle have the precedence above the husbandman himself); Mhbh. 1, 110, 1 Bhishma says : fed cafeaturar- factor (our renowned family deserves the sovereignty over the earth above other princes). Rem. When being compounded with its noun, the compound P. 2, 1, is adverb: ff (beyond one's sleep). 6. 156. 3.fr is of frequent occurrence in the archaic and old epic writings. In the classic dialect it is still used to express the re- lation between the ruler and the ruled, as well the ruling over P 1,4 97. 1) Those marked by an asterisk are karmapravaconîya, gee foot-note on p. 114. Hence the other (nº. 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17-19) do not share the appellation upasarga, even when put close to a verb. 2) The Kâçikà gives no example of being employed as a preposition; it does illustrate but its being => too much" or very well." Pânini, however, must have thought also of the preposition f. - Patanjali does not comment on this sûtra.
