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 doubtful example or two in RV., and a very small number in AV.; the case there (and it is one of very frequent occurrence) adds simply; and though -forms occur in the Brāhmaṇas, along with -forms, both are used rather indifferently as nom. and accus. (as, indeed, they sometimes interchange also in the epics). Of -stems, the du. nom. etc. ends in, both earlier and later; in pl., of course, -forms are indistinguishable from -forms. The RV. has a few examples of for.

h. The remaining cases call for no remark.

364. Examples of declension. As models of the inflection of derivative stems ending in long vowels, we may take सेना f. army; कन्या  f. girl; देवी  f. goddess; वधू  f. woman.