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 The dative CaSe. Ablative CaSe. The geni = tiVe CaSe. The locative case. ASām ese, Uriya and Bengali. to BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. Chap. There is no difference in Bengali between the dative and the accusative cases, the affix q<F being used for both. The Prākrita sign for the ablative case is হিংতো. The from f&CSi. In old Bengali we find this word to be & C3, as in, —“ Ktiş KÇ3g fr(fg3, 16 3 3 2f Kİş" ( Padma vat; by Aloal), and often as 2Cr, as in,—“সেই হনে প্ৰাণ মোর আছে বা না জানি । ’’ (Sanjaya). The genitive post-position of of Prākrita changes to 3 in Bengali. In the place of Prakrita অগ্রীণ we have Bengali visi; ;, often changes to 's' or '3' and Bengali &&CS is derived and examples of this are numerous in the Uriya dialect. affix 3 to have been derived from the Sanskrit affix is in the genitive plural froms as TI’’: t<FF, $3, $7 &c. Dr. Hoernle traces this 3 to Sanskrit 3, 5, changed into CKF KE<o, (<F3, <o< and other forms in the Prākrita Rājā opinion that the Bengali 3 comes from the Sanskrit Bopp, however, considers the genitive and Hindi dialects. Rajendra Lal is of genitive affix 3). The locative CT5 in Bengali is probably to be traced to the Sanskrit firi, -The locative in Bengali is often the same as in Sanskrit, as i2Cr, কাননে, গৃহে &c, Sanskrit শালায়াং, বেলায়াং, ভূম্যাং &C. changes to cits, C-173, लूशि4 &c. and in Old Ben gali such forms were in general use. In modern Bengali the są changes to 3 Let us say a word regarding Asamese and Uriya in relation to Bengali, the three now forming distinct languages. Before the first Bengali grammar Was written by Mr. Halhead, Bengali-which was called '' Gaudiya Sadhu Bhasa' by the people-presented dialects literary different provincial even in