[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Kannada literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada) › [Grammar, poetics and lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra) › [Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt) › 4.1 # Karnatakabhashabhushana 4.1 English (machine translation) 4.1 - **Language:** English ### [4.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.1) The nominative is used when expressing only the meaning of the nominal stem and number. ### [4.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.2) When only the meaning of the nominal stem and number are intended to be expressed, the nominative case inflection occurs. ### [4.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.3) First, for the nominal stem alone: ### [4.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.4) dēvaṁ \["a god"\], ### [4.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.5) nr̥paṁ \["a king"\], ### [4.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.6) nāri \["a woman"\], ### [4.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.7) nallaḷ \["a beloved woman"\], ### [4.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.8) kulaṁ \["a family"\], ### [4.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.9) jalaṁ \["water"\]. ### [4.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.10) For meaning alone: \[as in\] ### [4.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.11) uccaṁ \["high"\], ### [4.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.12) nīcaṁ \["low"\]. ### [4.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.13) For number alone: \[as in\] ### [4.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.14) ondānuṁ \["one"\], ### [4.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1.15) eraḍānuṁ \["two"\]. ## Linked texts (1) - [Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.4.1.1) — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.4.1) · Pramāṇa