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 94 § 126-127. heard from his spies the arrival of Rama), ibid. 3, 3, 4 Fan (be informed from me). So sometimes with ger (ep. 88 c), as R. 2, 100, 7 fa: c) R. 2, 29, 4 ad ad fe fnaf (all are afraid of you), Panc. III, 195 a à Firuq (she, who has always an aversion to me). R. 3, 46, 29-31 affords an instance of both constructions together: e Manga: fen.... at for.... cher.... fantfy. sartui aşkani Rem. Compare Ffm (disgusted with) with a gen. Panc. mia Afumney (I am disgusted with the flesh of mice), Spread 171 ing of its em- ep. 97, R. ploy- ment Now and then this abl.-like genitive seems to have with modern been extended beyond its limits by abuse, especially of wri. modern writers ¹). ters. 127. Note the genitive being used in some turns of phrase, which might be put as well in the category of the abla- tive as in that of the genitive. 1) But not exclusively. The older literature does not lack of instan- ces, as R. 3, 51, 27 [instead of cp. 3, 66, 11. - A very striking example is Bhag. Pur. 8, 6, 21 akanà ant faunifamifang ae dia a sturgan san: here the gen. is abusively employed instead of the abl. ra. M. DE SAUSSURE, from whose valuable treatise de l'emploi du génitif absolu en Sanscrit I borrow this example (see his note on p. 10), proves the impossibility of account- ing for that gen. in a satisfactory way, when starting from the absolute construction. Hereby it is however not said that the presence of the participle has not moved the author of the Bhagavata to employ the genitive instead of the ablative. Likewise I scarcely believe Kalhana would have used a gen. with r (Rajat. 1, 131, see 126 a), if the noun were not attended by a participle. Similarly with the gen. is preferred, if it be wanted to express the hearing somebody say or utter something, as Mhbh. 1, 141, 18. In short, it is likely, that the relative frequency of genitives of participles in Sanskrit style, especially if compared to the rareness of similar ablatives, has favorized the spreading of the ablative- like genitive. It may also be noticed, that in most of such cases pronouns are concerned. my