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 a. Examples are: hand-grasping,  god-praising,  devouring the offering,  shaking the world,  calling one's self a ;  failure at play,  utterance of,  prosperity in cattle,  pain in the limbs.

b. In a few instances, the accent is (as in compounds with ordinary adjectives: above, 1268) that of the prior member: thus, (and other more questionable words). And milking, yielding is so accented as final: thus,.

c. Case-forms are especially frequent in the prior members of compounds with adjective derivatives in showing -strengthening of the root: thus, fox example,.

1271. Compounds with verbal nouns and adjectives in are very numerous, and have the accent always on the radical syllable (as in the case of compounds with verbal prefixes: 1150 e).

a. Examples are: hair-increasing,  life-lengthening,  body-protecting;  hatred of the gods,  giving birth to males.

b. A very few apparent exceptions as regards accent are really cases where the derivative has lost its verbal character: thus, Yama's realm,  means of protection.

c. An accusative-form is sometimes found before a derivative in : thus,.

1272. a. The action-nouns in (1213) are not infrequent in composition as final member, and retain their own proper accent (as in combination with prefixes). Sufficient examples were given above (1213).

b. The same is true of the equivalent feminines in : see above, 1213 d.

c. The gerundives in (1213) hardly occur in the older language in combination with other elements than prefixes. The two and  (the latter a descriptive) have the accent of the independent words of the same form;  and  (?) are inconsistent with these and with one another.

1273. Compounds made with the passive participle in or  have the accent of their prior member (as do the combinations of the same words with prefixes: 1085 a).

a. Examples are: made with the hand,  born of a hero,  awakened by noise,  created by Prajāpati,  given by the gods; and, of participles combined with prefixes,  incited by Indra,  driven away by Brihaspati,  struck by a thunderbolt, ,