Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c7.48

c7.48

In the declension of the noun राजन् the base राज in used in the singulars of the accusative, the instrumental, and perhaps the ablative also, and the forms are राजं, राजेन, and राजस्मा or राजम्हा. The old forms are found in the nominative (राजा, राजानो), and in the singular of the accusative which has thus two forms राजं and राजानं, and the plural of this last case is, as usual, the same as that of the first. The singulars of the instrumental, genitive, and locative are the same as those in Sanskrit, but ज्ञ being changed to ञ्ञ, we have रञ्ञा, रञ्ञो, and रञ्ञि. In the last two cases the conjunct is also dissolved into जिन, wherefore we have राजिनो and राजिनि also. The genitive plural is रञ्ञं and, ज्ञ being dissolved into जुन, the form राजूनं is used, in addition. This राजु is made the base of the plurals of the instrumental and locative; and thus we have राजूभि-हि and राजूसु. The vocative singular is like that of nouns in अ.