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302 OUTLINES OF SYNTAX [197and by genuine infinitives, in V. it is used with agentnouns formed from the root or other verbal stems by meansof about ten primary suffixes. Such nouns are made fromthe simple root (when compounded with a preposition), andwith the suffixes a (when the stem is compounded with arare in V.),preposition), ani (from the aor. or desid. stem), i (generallyfrom the reduplicated root), iyas and istha (comparativesand superlatives), u (from desiderative stems), uka (verytar (when the root is accented), van (when compounded),snu (from causative stems) ;and a few with thesecondary suffix in. Examples of the ace. with such agentnouns are : devams tvam paribhur asi thou encompassestthe gods (v. IS*"') ; drlha eid arujah hreaJcing even trhat isfirm (iii. 45'-) tvam no visva abhimatih saksanih tlioit;overcomest all our adversaries (viii. 24^") ;satam pdro ruruksanihread)) to destroy a hundred forts (ix. 48-) indra ha;ratnam varuna dh^stha Indra and Varuna hcsfoiv treastircmost abundantlij (iv. 41") ;vatsams ca ghatuko vrkah (AV.xii, 4') and the nolf slays the calves ;data radhamsi sumhhatigiving riehes he shines {i. 22*^) ; prataryavano adhvaramcoming early to the sacrifice (i. 44^^) ;sthira cin namayisnavahye who desire to hend even what is rigid (viii. 20') ;kami hi virah. sadam asya pitim fior the hero alivays desiresa draught ofit (ii. 14^).a. Some adjectives formed with aiie from prepositions governingthe ace. are also used with that case. Such are pratyanc facing,anv5.nc following ;e. g. pratydnn usdsam urviya vi. bhati facing theDawn (the fire) shines forth far and wide (v. 28'), tasmad aniici patnigarhapatyam aste hence the wife sits behind the Gdrhapatya fire (AB.).The ace. is found even with samyanc "united ; e, g. osadhir evd.^enamsamySucam dadhati lie puts him into contact nnth the i^lants (MS.) ;butthis adj. also takes the inst., the natural ease with a compoundof s^m.^. In B. the only nouns taking the ace. seem to be the des. adjectivesin u and the ordinary adjectives in uka (which are verycommon) and those in in e. ; g. papmanam apajighamsuh icishingto drive away sin (AB.), sarpa enam ghatukah syuh the snakes might bite