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274 NOMINAL STEM FORMATION [187-188sacrifice ; raja-3u king-creating ;but divi-ksi-t dwelling in heaven ;somasu-tSoma-2n-essing ; jyotis-kf-t light -creating. There is, however, no tadded in va,na,T-guforest-ruaming.^2 h. Descriptive (Karmadharaya) ^Compounds.188. This class of Determinatives is comparatively rarein the Samhitas. The last member is generally an ordinarysubstantive, but is sometimes a verbal or an ordinaryadjective. The relation of the first member to the last isappositional, attributive, or adverbial. It is expressed inthree :ways1. By a Substantive. If followed by a subst., it has anattributive sense equivalent to an adj. expressing sex ora compound nature; e.g. purusa-mrga (VS.) m. [man =)male antelope ; ultika-yatu m. owl demon,i. e. demon inform of an owl ; purusa-vyaghra (VS.) m. man-tiger, a kindof demon ; vrsa-kapi m. man-ape.If followed by a verbal adj., the preceding subst. is usuallyappositional in sense e. ; g. isana-krt acting as a ruler ;st6ma-tasta fashioned as a hymn of praise. But sometimesit is adverbial ; e. g. rtv-ij sacrificing in season = regidarly ;sarga-takta speeding with a rush.a. Before a verbal noun a substantive sometimes implies a comparisone. ; g. dhara-vakd. sounding like a stream, syend-jiita speeding likean eagle. Similarly before an ordinary adjective suka-babhru (VS.):reddish like a parrot.2. By an Adjective. If followed by an ordinary subst.,the adj. has the usual attributive sense ;e. g.candra-masm. (bright) moon ;krsna-sakuni (AV.) m. raven (lit. hlacJc'Final u sometimes appears as a shortened form of u in someTatpurusas, as dhi-jii inspiring the mind; puru-bhii appearing in many'places.2This is the term applied to this class of compounds ))y the laterHindu grammai-ians.