Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c11.89

c11.89

Here are instances of the instr. both indicative of the agent and of the simple instrument, but the termination is नि instead of नें. Besides these there are instances of the instrumental in ऍ of pronouns as येणें मानें Jñân. 13—200 ‘By this standard,’ जेणें तोषें 13—244 ‘By which satisfaction,’ तेणें प्रसादें 18—1147 ‘By that grace.’ Now I have stated my view in the last lecture that नें is a double instrumental, the first part being न of the old instrumental in एन or एण and the second part ऍ, to which that एण is reduced. Now instead of ऍ, the instr. ई is added here. The instr. ई represents the इण of the Apabhr. instr. in इण, which we have in such forms as पुत्तिण mentioned by Pischel. Hindi poets as a rule indicate the agent instrumental the oblique form but Sûrdâs uses the form ending in नि or नें also.