Karnatakabhashabhushana 4.18
English (machine translation) 4.18
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4.18.1
[A word] also [functions as singular] when expressing abstract state (bhāva).
4.18.2
A word that occurs in the designation of an abstract state is also treated as singular:
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karpu [‘blackness’],
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beḷpu [‘whiteness’],
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taṇpu [‘coolness’],
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tiṇpu [‘thickness’],
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kūrme [‘affection’],
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perme [‘greatness’].
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Because of the governing rule of “variously” (bahuḷa), forms such as beḷpugaḷ [‘whitenesses’] and teḷpugaḷ [‘thinnesses’] occur.
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- Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit