accent in Declension
vocative when
beginning sentence first syllable
pitar pitā father nom.
deva devas god nom.
a
ā remains on
same syllable
devas nom. gen. devasya pl. devānām
monosyllabic pronominal
stems in a
ma mayā by me inst. mahyam dat. mayi loc.
ta that tasya gen.
pl. gen. teṣām tābhis inst.
f
in
weak cases ( except ā ) acute liable
to shift to end
in Monosyllabics
nau ship
nāvam
acc. nāvā
inst naubhis pl inst.
nauṣu loc.
dant tooth m
datā
inst. datas
pl. acc. dadbhis inst.
pl.
in Polysyllabics
mahiman greatness mahimnā inst.
mūrdhan head mūrdhne dat.
agni fire agnyos
gen. du.
dhenu cow dhenvā
inst.
vadhū
bride vadhvai dat.
pitṛ father pitrā inst.
Polysyllabics i
u ṛ
ṛ at end
of gen. pl.
agnīnām dhenūnām dātṛṛṇām
present participles at ant
weak cases
on endings with
initial vowel
tudant striking tudatā inst. but
tudadbhis
mahat great mahatā but mahadbhis
ańc weak cases end of initial vowel
pratyańc turned towards pratīcā
inst. but pratyakṣu
anvańc following
anūcas
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