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222 INDECLINABLE WORDS [isoh. It also, in the same sentence, expresses a contrast = onthe contrary, or, more frequently, with the demonstrative tacorresponding to the relative ya = again, in return e. ; g.striyah satis tan u me pumsa ahuli tJiose who are women,them on the contrarti they speak of to me (as) men (i. 1Q4}^') ;yd adhvar^su h6ta . . tam u namobhir a krnudhvam himivho is xiriest at sacrifices, in return bring hither with devotions(i. 772).a. In B. the anaphoric use is common, prevailing chieflyin theSB. ; e.g. t^smad va indro 'bibhet, tasmad u tvastabibhet of thaiIndra ivas afraid, of that also Tvastr loas afraid (MS.).a. The demonstrative here often refers back with u to previousstatements : uto pancavattam ev^ bhavati :pankto yajnah, panktahpasuh, paiicartavah samvatsarasya : esa^u paiacavattasya sampat :hut it is also divided into five parts : the sacrifice is fivefold, cattle are fivefold,the seasons of the year are five : this is the sum of what is divided into fiveparts (SB.). Similarly used are the phrases tdd u ha smaha withreference to this he used to say, tad u hovaca with reference to this he said ;tad u tatha n^ kuryat that one should not do thus.0. A slight contrast is expressed byii in the second sentence :yadi nasnati pitrdevatyo bhavati, yady v asnati devan aty asnatiif he does not eat, he becomes a tvorshipper of tJteManes, but if he does eat, heeats before the gods (SB.).7. Used in combination with kim, u expresses a climax in thesecond clause = how mucli more :manusya in nva upastirnam ichanti,kim u deva yesam navavasanam even men ivish for something spread out,how muclt more the gods whose is a neio dwelling (TS.).uta in the RV. means and, connecting two or more wordsor sentences.a. The particle commonly couples two words ;e. g. yah.prthivim uta dyam 6ko dadhara who alone has siifiportedheaven and earth (i. 154^). When there is an enumerationof more than two objects, uta comes after the last ; e. g.adite, mitra, varuna^uta Aditi, Mitra, and Vannia(ii. 27^*). When a word is repeated from the beginning ofa clause, uta (like u) follows the repeated word : trih saubhagatvamtrir u.ta sravamsi nah thrice (grant) us prosjjerityand thrice fame (i. 34^)..