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tam105]PRONOUNS 295a. In its anaphoric use ta is frequently followed by personal pronounsof all persons (regularly in their enclitic form when they have one) ;o. g. td.m ma sdm srja varcasa unUe me as such with glory (i. 23-^^, mamyajnad antdr agata sa vo 'h^m evd yajiifim amiimuham ye have excluded:mo f null the sacrijice ; so I have thrown your sucrifce inio confusion (SB.) ;havismanto vidhema te : && tv^rn no ady4 sumdna ih^^avita bhdvabrintjing oblations lue looidd serve thee : so do thou be for tis to-day a benevolenthJper (i. 36=) ; yd,di tva^etdt punar brdvatah, sa tvdm brutat (6b.)'/ they {two) shall say this to you again, then do you say (to them) ; asyapitva ghano vrtranam abhavas . . . tdm tva vajayamah hewing drunkof this thou becamest a slayer of Vrtras : so ice strengthen thee i i. 4"), Similarlyubcd are :sing. A. tarn tvam (here exceptionally not enclitic),D. tasmai te, G. tdsya te, tdsyas te ;du. ta vam ; pi. A. tan vas,G. t6sam vas.p. Four demonstrative pronouns are found following ta in this:way idam, adds, td itself, and oftenest of all etad ;e. g. sa^iydmasme sanaja pitrya dhih this here is among us an ancient hymn of ourforefathers (iii. 39=) ; tfisya valo :uy asanji t£m amum vato dhunotiits tail hangs doion : that the wind tosses to and fro (SB.) tam ha^eva;n&^diti dadaha : ha sma tam pura brahmana nd taranti that(river) he (Agni) did not burn across : that same one the Bruhmans used notformerly to cross (SB.), bhavaty asya^anucaro ya evam veda : sa vaesa ekatithih, sa esa juhvatsu vasati he icho knows this has a follower ;that (follower) is this one guest ; this same (followei-, the Sun) abidesamongthe sacrificers (AB.).7. The N. sing. s& is sometimes used adverbially in B. (see 180,p. 249).4. eta this is used like ta but is more emphatic. It refersto something known to the listener as present either to hissenses or his thoughts.a. The correlative use of eta seems to be limited to B.,the relative clause here usually following ;e. g. patho vaesa praiti, yo yajne muhyati lie diverges from the f)ath whogoes wrong in the sacrifice (AB.). It is somewhat peculiarwhen the relative in the neuter sing, and without a verb isadded solely for the purpose of emphasizing a particularword ;e. g. svargam va etena lokam upapra yanti yatprayaniy ah 2)eqp?e go to tJie heavenJg world with that which (is)the lireliminary sacrifice (AB.). In these circumstances etawhen alone always agrees in gender with the noun in the

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