Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c11.80

c11.80

The instr. termination ने sing. नीं pl. M., ने H., ने P. have been traced by Mr. Beames to ले or लै, which are forms of लागि or लइ etc. derived from the root लग. One great objection is that this derivation does not account for the anusvâra of ने or नैं. His argument is that the old एन of the instr. having been reduced to ं there was no other instrumental case to furnish the न of the modern instr. ने-नीं, but in the Apabhr. according to Hemachandra both these forms existed and the instance he gives is