§ 158-159. 117 Rem. 1. Pânini (1, 4, 90) ¹) teaches a fourfold employment of af a.) it denotes a mark, b.) it expresses a quality, c.) it sig- nifies that which falls to one's share, d.) it is used in a distri butive sense. The same is stated for and f; also for #fù, save that it cannot be karmapravacaniya in the case c.). The Kâçikâ illustrates this rule by these examples: a.) ad off - or aff or u or - fann fagn the lightning flashes round the tree;" 6.) ya zor or for af »N.N. is good for his mother;" d.) for or gf or off-faafa >he waters one tree after another," 2) whereas c.) i for for OT f H - give me whatever be my share of it," but aga arafdound, here fris upasarga not karmapravacaniya. In the dialect of the vaidik mantras, indeed, both #fit and off display this large sphere of employment, almost the same as that of gf in classic Sanskrit, see 179. With fep. the like use of Greek dupi, Germ. um, Dutch om. 1) P. 1, 4, 90 Tarvaranchinalang gauúna: > 91 1 Rem. 2. To the obsolete #f and a classic Sanskrit has sub- stituted their derivatives #f: and qf, which however are only used of space. See 188. 10. 5. Rem. 3. An ablative is taught with af, when - w (157). Then P.2, 3, the prepos. should be put twice; af af famar ger da: In literature, P.8, 1, however, aft with abl, is as little met with as , except the vaidik mantras, but there it has a larger employment, being = Lat. ex or ab. 159. 9. 34 is frequent in the vaidik mantras, afterwards rare. P. 1, 4, 87 34. classes it among the karmapravacanfya, 1. to denote a »going beyond," then it is construed with a locat. 34 ff (by P. 2, 3, 9. a karsháp. more than a nishka), 2. to denote inferiority, then it complies with the acc. 3 mon » 2) When used in a distributive sense, , fti, off are rather to be considered adverbs; da qand faafa is literally => he waters tree tree successively," similarly “¶ff or aff »he waters tree tree rounda- bout." Cp. such passages as R. 3, 47, 10: »he entroated [her] by offering her] grants after grants" lit. grants grants successively. I P. I, 4, 91.
