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 68 $93-94. Gene- and is therefore the very opposite of the dative. ral view of Nevertheless both cases are formally identical in the the tive. abla- dual and the plural. ¹) In the singular the form of the ablative often coincides with that of the genitive. It is but the ablatives in, that are exclusively expressive of the fifth case. Moreover those made by means of the adverbial suffix : are not seldom preferred to the regular ablatives of the singular, ambiguousness being wholly excluded from them. For easiness' sake we will treat of this case under four general heads, I abl. of separation, II abl. of di- stance, III abl. of origin and cause, IV abl. expressing ,on what side." In all of them, however, the unity of the fundamental conception is evident, and some- times one may account for the same ablative in more than one way. I. The ablative, then, is wanted to express, from or P.1,4, out of what place there is a starting and moving ³): a.) in its proper sense, as Panc. 21 serisqueşifa (I the wish to get out of this forest), Kadamb. I, 21 fafafaat whence, from, 143 out of 94. Abla- tive ex- pres- sive of p. 42 29, 179 • . (the king got up from his hall of audience), Panc. (returning from the village), Kathâs.
 * mat, Çak. I did (without moving from

1) In the dual the same form discharges even the functions of three: abl., instr. and dative. As we cannot doubt, that-bhyam and - bhyas contain the same element - bhi, which is in the suffix - bhis and Greek -ps, it is upon the neuter territory of the instrumental, that the two con- trarious conceptions of abl. and dat. must have met together. 3 2) Pânini, in his lively way, gives this definition of the sphere of the ablative: ya if there be a withdrawal, that which stays is apádána,' WORTHY 11 -