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 occur in, and  and. The conjunction is an ablative form according to the ordinary declension.

510. The use of as representative stem begins very early: we have  in the Veda, and,  in the Brāhmaṇa; later it grows more general. From the proper root come also a considerable series of derivatives: ; and the compound.

511. The combination of with  to make an indefinite pronoun has been noticed above (507). Its own repetition — as — gives it sometimes a like meaning, won through the distributive.

512. One or two marked peculiarities in the Sanskrit use of the relative may be here briefly noticed:

a. A very decided preference for putting the relative clause before that to which it relates: thus, (RV.) who is the friend of the soma-presser, to that Indra sing ye;  (RV.) what offering thou protectest, that in truth goeth to the gods;  (AV.) what thrice seven go about, their strength may he assign to me;  (AV.) what house is yonder in the depth, there let the witches be;  (TB.) along with that which is mine;  (MBh.) but what the words of the swans were, that burns me;  (H.) who does not possess learning, the eye of everything, blind indeed is he. The other arrangement, though frequent enough, is notably less usual.

b. A frequent conversion of the subject or object of a verb by an added relative into a substantive clause: thus, (AV.) may there not reach him a human deadly weapon (lit'ly, what is such a weapon);  (AV.) protect of us what wealth [there is];  (AV.) may the cleansing plant cleanse away the disease and the curse;  (MBh.) by Pushkara was taken away the kingdom and whatever other property [there was].

513. a. The isolated and uninflected pronominal word स्वयम् (from the root ) signifies self, own self. By its form it appears to be a nom. sing., and it is