§ 168-170. Rem. In the vaidik mantrasis of the utmost frequency, and is put to different cases, sometimes before, sometimes behind. In most instances it is rather a mere adverb. ¹). 169. Other prepositional words. „till, until; since" are Tad, and ifa. 170. is mostly attended by the accus., sometimes by the abl. Utt. I, p. 6 ai tan (till how long?); Kathas. 54, 47 w rout atuni tarė man (— as far as his house); Mhbh. 1, 95, 12 f fanta marin Rem. As an is properly no prepos., but the acc. of the neuter of a pronoun, used as an adverb »as long as, as far as," it is plain that it may also signify during some time." Panc. 198 cllafe; Fimtat oynaffon alan. Op. 54 R. 1, e- and with preceding ablative are very and common. The former is properly a gerund beginning-, gyd gra - starting from," is construed with abl. by so- called syntactic analogy, see Rem. 2. Examples of 123 offer a; Målat. VI, p. 88 the day I have seen M. for the first time). = wad 32 since. Panc. 238 44 faqatalapaida-
- Tamantalaa (since
Examples of f since. Panc. 51 cena agafron; Mâlat. III, p. 50 qatatzatartzdarzyn (since the day of the procession in the garden of Kâma); Mudr. II, p. 70 g: auf earta. Rem. 1. They may also be used of space. Hit. 132 agafad- anfaat mad Kumâras. 3, 26 au anatagion: sch-ales- 4 1) In a period as early as Yaska, Twith loc. had antiquated, for this exegete deems it necessary to interprete the mantric expression
- (water in the cloud) by sù sf (Nir. 5, 5). In a subsequent
time the very gloss of Yaska would have required another, forf with loc. in this meaning being obsolete (158), classic Sanskrit would have employed or or have said a
