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 § 102. Abla ceived as the origin or starting-point, from whence tive of cansa- some consequence has resulted ¹). -lity. 75 The instrumental, as we have seen formerly (72), may likewise serve that purpose, and in the case of feminine nouns of quality it is even obligatory. For the rest, ablative and in tr. of causality are generally inter- changeable, and not seldom they are used side by side. So Kathas. 29, 25 deten da jad: (it is from joy she does not eat, not from illness), Mrech. I, p. 44 Brusqyışul aıncaq (surely, it has been done by taking her for somebody else, not by in- solence). But, if the efficient cause be some obligation or other binding motive by virtue of which some effect produced, the ablative alone is to be used 2). Nothing impedes concrete nouns to be put in the abl. of cause ³) » 1) How easily this transition is made, will be plain by this example: Mâlav. V, p. 140 eftià voì så ndutagafa. Literally these words signify the name of mother of a hero" touches you from the part of your son, but as to their meaning they should be rather translated thus now you deserve the name »m. of a h." because of your son." In other terms the abl. of origin is at the same time an abl, of cause. "3 2) Panini's rule, which contains this statement, is too narrowly inter- preted by the commentaries. His words xãçù quî [P. 2, 3, 24] are explained thus: the abl. [alone] is to be used, if the cause be a debt, provided it be not at the same time the agent; examples of which are adduced as T&: (he is confined for a debt of 100), whereas one must say But why should we restrict na to its special sense of a >> debt of money" and not take the more general meaning of obligation" and duty"? If it could be proved that implies also the notion of ne- čessity, váyny, the rule would be quite correct, for in the case of direct and unavoidable consequence of an efficient cause the ahlative alone is to be used, even of feminine words. L 3) Speaking plain, neither the ablat. of bhavavacanâni nor that of concrete nouns is allowed by Pâpini's rules. The sûtras 2, 3, 23-25 name