68 $93-94. Gene- and is therefore the very opposite of the dative. ral view of Nevertheless both cases are formally identical in the the tive. abla- dual and the plural. ¹) In the singular the form of the ablative often coincides with that of the genitive. It is but the ablatives in , that are exclusively expressive of the fifth case. Moreover those made by means of the adverbial suffix : are not seldom preferred to the regular ablatives of the singular, ambiguousness being wholly excluded from them. For easiness' sake we will treat of this case under four general heads, I abl. of separation, II abl. of di- stance, III abl. of origin and cause, IV abl. expressing ,on what side." In all of them, however, the unity of the fundamental conception is evident, and some- times one may account for the same ablative in more than one way. I. The ablative, then, is wanted to express, from or P.1,4, out of what place there is a starting and moving ³): a.) in its proper sense, as Panc. 21 serisqueşifa (I the wish to get out of this forest), Kadamb. I, 21 fafafaat whence, from, 143 out of 94. Abla- tive ex- pres- sive of p. 42 29, 179 • . (the king got up from his hall of audience), Panc. (returning from the village), Kathâs.
- mat, Çak. I did (without moving from
1) In the dual the same form discharges even the functions of three: abl., instr. and dative. As we cannot doubt, that-bhyam and - bhyas contain the same element - bhi, which is in the suffix - bhis and Greek -ps, it is upon the neuter territory of the instrumental, that the two con- trarious conceptions of abl. and dat. must have met together. 3 2) Pânini, in his lively way, gives this definition of the sphere of the ablative: ya if there be a withdrawal, that which stays is apádána,' WORTHY 11 -
