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 g. From consonant-stems: of the clan (RV.: ),  of the heart,  of the lightning ,  of the royal class ,  of the arm ,  of the head ,  active ,  of the plain ,  reverend ,  cuticular ,  of barhís,  giving life ,  of the buttocks ,  eastern , etc. Of exceptional formation is  intimate , with which doubtless belong   and.

h. From -stems: of the jaws,  belonging to Vāyú,  relating to cattle ,  relating to arrows ,  of the sweet ,  of the waters ( loc.),  of rope ;  f. arrow (, do.); and there may be added  navigable (especially in fem.,  navigable stream:  boat). The RV. has to be partaken of (+√), without any corresponding noun ; and also  rich in nourishment, without any intermediate.

i. Under this head belong, as was pointed out above (964), the so-called gerundives in, as made by the addition of to the infinitive noun in. They are wholly wanting in the oldest language, and hardly found in later Vedic, although still later wins the value of a primary suffix, and makes numerous verbal derivatives.

j. From - and -stems hardly any examples are to be quoted. VS. has from.

k. From a-stems: heavenly,  relating to a deity ,  guiding ,  fundamental ,  hindmost ,  Váruna's,  might ,  abdominal ,  of the fountain ; and from -stems,  of cultivated land ,  relating to the exclamation.

l. The circumflexed is more generally resolved (into ) than the other forms of the suffix: thus, in RV. it is never to be read as after a heavy syllable ending with a consonant; and even after a light one it becomes  in more than three quarters of the examples.

m. There are a few cases in which appears to be used to help make a compound with governing preposition (next chapter, 1310: of. 1212 c): thus,  about the arm-pit,  upon the sides,  up-stream; and perhaps  lying in the grass (occurs only in voc.). But, with other accent, through the entrails,  in each month,  up to the clouds,  between the ribs,  on the chariot seat; of unknown accent,.

1213. The derivatives in य as to which it may be