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176-177] PREPOSITIONS 209h. xipa fo (with verl)s of motion) takes the aec. primarily,and less frequently the loc. in the sense of hesiile, upon, at.2. The locative is exclusively taken by dpi (Gk. ^ttl) uponand primarily by adhi upon, antar (Lat. inter) bettveen,a on,in, at, to, puras before.a. adhi takes the abl. secondarily and less commonly in the senseo{/rom {upon),h. The last three secondarily take both abl. and ace. ; purds doesso without change of meaning.antar witli abl. nieans/>'o?rt {loHliin) with; ace, behveen,a with ace. means to, expressing the goal with verbs of motion.WiUi the abl., if following,' it means/)-om (on) if ; preceding, up to.^3. The ablative seems to be used once or twice independentlywith ava in the sense of clown from.2. Adnominal Prepositions.177. These prepositions, being adverbs in origin, governoblique cases (except the dat.) independently. Several ofthem govern the genitive and the instrumental, cases thatare practically never connected with the genuine prepositionsin the Samhitas. In the following list these prepositionsare grouped under the cases which they accompany :1. Ace. : adhas below (also with abl. or gen.), antarabetween, abhi-tas around, upari above, hei/ond, paras beyond(also with abl., more often inst.), pari-tas around (AV.),sanitur apart froni.^2. Instr. : saha ivith, sakam with, sumad tvitJi, smadivith ;avas below (also abl.), paras outside (also ace. and abl.).3. Abl. : adhas beloiv (also ace. and gen.), avas dotvnfromIt sometimes also precedes the abl. in this sense.'2This is almost the only use of a in B. ;in C. it means both /romand up to.^In B. several adverbial instrumentals expressing situation ordirection govern the ace. dntarena : between, avarena below, parenabeuond uttarena fo the north; of,ddksinena to the south of.1819 P