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'^The''''iss] KARMADHARAYA COMPOUNDS 275bird) nava-jvara m. new pain ; ; maha-grama m. (jrcat hod ;yavayat-sakha m. protecting friend^- Sometimes the qualifyingadj. indicates a part of what the last member expresses ;e. g. adhara-kantha (VS.) m. hiver (part of the) neclc ;ardha-deva m. demi-god ; purvahna m. forenoon ;madhyam-dina*m. midday.If followed by a verbal noun, the preceding adj. is adverbial^in sense e. ; g. asu-patvan " swift-//i/ing, i. e. flying swiftly ;asu-heman swiftly-speeding ; sana-ja horn of old (= sana) ;satya-yaj sacrificing truly {— satyam), dvi-ja (AV.) hornttvice.''Similarly before ordinary adjectives : visva-scandraall-glittering ;hari-scandra glittering yellow ; try-artisa(AV.) ruddy in three places.a. At the end of Karmadliarayas the final n of an stems is dropped"in eka-vrsa (AV.) m. onJtj buU, maha-vrsa (AV.) m. great bitU, bhadrahd'(AV.) n. auspicious daij.8. By an Adverb (inclusive of particles and prepositions) :aksnaya-druh injuring wrongly ; amutra-bhuya (AV.) u.state of being there • evara quite (eva) ready (ara) ; punarnavarenewing itself; punar-bhu arising again; puro-yavangoing before ; puro-hita placed in front ;sato-mahat equally(sa-tas) great ; satyam-ugra truly mighty ; sayam-bhava'As first member of Karmadharayas (and Bahnvrihis) mahfitappears as maha ;but the AV. has mahat-kandd great section.^Here siXh-i friend becomes sakha. Cf. 189, 4 d and 189 A. 2 a..^ Here dhan day is syncopated and extended with a ;also in aparahnd(AV.) afternoon, ny-^hn-a (AV.) decline of dag.*With case-ending retained in the first member.sense is rather appositional in purva-pa drirJdng (as) frst,vamd-jata horn as one dear, i. e. dear hy nature.* Cf. Gk. uiKv-ireTTjs swift-flying.''Here the cardinals are used for the numeral adverljs dvi-s,tri-s.^This is much commoner in Bahuvrlhis (189, 4).^Also in sad-ahd (AV.) m. period of six days (189, 4),t2