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'"''116-117] PKONOMINAL COMPOUNDS 113a. The possessives of the first personmama-ka ^are mama-ka andmy and asma-ka our. Tlie forms occurring are :Sing. D. mamakaya. G. mamakasya.Sing. N. m. mamaka-s. n. mamaka-m. PI. G. mamakanam.N.A. n. asmaka-m.'^ I. asmakena. PI. N. m.Sing.asmakasas. I. asmake-bhis.The n. s. asmakara, by fai- the commonest of these forms, is used asthe G. pi. of the personal pronoun = of us (109).h. The possessives of the second person are tava-ka^ thy(only D. pi. tavak6bhyas), tva tliy (only I. pi. f. tva-bhis),and yusma-ka your. Of the latter, three forms occur:I. s. m. yusmakena, pi. f. yusmaka-bhis, and the N.A. n.yusmakam used as the G. pi. of the second personalpronoun = of you.e. Besides being used reflexively sva is fairly oftenemployed as a simple possessive, generallyof the thirdperson (like Lat. suus), his, her, their, but also of the second,thy, your, and of the first, my, our. The inflexion (115 c) isthe same in both senses.G. Pronominal Compounds and Derivatives.117. With -drs^ in the EV. and other Samhitas, andwith -drksa in the VS. are formed the following pronominalcompounds i-drs, ta-drs, eta-drs :such, ki-drs what liJce ?ya-drs what like ; i-drksa, eta-drksa such.^Both formed from the G. of the personal pronoun mdina. Therealso occurs once in the RV. the derivative ma-k-ina my.^The VS. has once the N. s. asmakd-s our formed like mamaka besidemdimaka.^Formed from the G. tava.*In the Brahmanas (SB.) -drsa begins to appear : i-ifsa, ta-dfsa,ya-drsa.5N. s. m. ki-drn.^With the very anomalous L. s.yadfsmin.1819 I