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100 DECLENSION [105-106a consonant, n is inserted before the case-ending.^ Thef. stem is catasr, which is inflected exactly like tisr andshifts its accent like panca. The forms occurring are :m. N. catvar-as. A. catur-as. I. catur-bhis. D. caturbhyas.G. catur-nam.^f. N. A. catasr-as. I. catasr-bhis. D. catasr-bhyas. G.catasrnam.n. N.A. catvar-i.106. The cardinals from five to nineteen, though usedadjectivally, do not distinguish gender and take no endingin the N.A.' They also have in common the peculiarityof *accenting a before the consonant terminations and thefinal syllable in the G.a. The forms of sas six occurring in the Sanihitas are :N.A. sat (27). I. sad-bhis. D. sad-bhyas. L. sat-sii.6. The forms of asta eiglit indicate that it was an olddual.^ The forms that occur are :N.A. asta/' astau. I. asta-bhis. D. asta-bhyas. L. asta-su.c. panca five as well as sapta seven and the cardinalsfrom nine to nineteen are declined like neuters in an (90. 2)except in the G., which follows priya (97). The formsoccurring are :N.A. panca. I. paiica-bhis. D. panea-bhyas. G. pancanam.L. panca-su.1Like san-nam, the G. of sds, which, however, does not seem tooccur in any of the Samhitas.2With accent on the final syllable like the G. of pdnca, &c.Except asta and ast&u which are N. A. dual forms.^Except asta, which accents the terminations.*^ Meaning probably the two tetrads (perhaps with reference to thefingers of the two hands).*>asta is the stem used as the first member of compounds in theRV., but asta begins to be used in the AV.