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'''187] DETERMINATIVES 271if an ordinary substantive, is described adjectivally, or, ifa verbal noun, adverbially, by the first member. This maybe called the descriptive determinative group (called Karmadharayaby the later Hindu grammarians).2 a. Dependent (Tatpurusa) Determinatives.A. The first member (substantive or pronoun) may havethe sense (and often even the form) of any oblique case.When it has an ace, inst., abl., or loc. sense, the finalmember is mostly a verbal noun ^when it has a dat." or;gen.' sense, it is always an ordinary noun.'* The compoundmay be a substantive or an adjective, according as the lastmember is one or the other.1. In ace. dependents the final member is always a verbalnoun ; e.g. havir-ad eating the olilathn ; go-ghna coir-slayimj,asva-haya° urging on steeds; deva-madana exhilaratingthe gods ; gara-girna (AV.) liaving swallowed jMtson bhtiridavangiving much ;;bhadra-vadin uttering an auspicious cry ;vaja-sati f. act of winning hoot// ; vrtra-hatya n. act ofslaying Vrtra.2. Inst. :indra-patama most drunk l>yIndra ; agnidagdhahurnt ivith fire ;deva-tta ^given by the gods aritra-;parana, adj. crossing ivith oars ;tanu-subhra shining {nuth= )in body ; bala-vijnaya to he recognized by liis strength.^The subdivision ending in verbal nouns may be called ' verbaldependents '.2Examples of this sense are very rare. The final member is anordinary adjective or sulistantive.^The final member of genitive dependents is always an ordinarysubstantive.*The subdivision ending in ordinary substantives maybe called'nominal dependents '.5 Cf. Greek linTo-Sapio-s horse'iaming." An example of the rare use of a past pass. part,sense.7tta for datta (H'>o, 2 6).in a tr.ansitive