History of Bengali Language and Literature c6.s8.93

c6.s8.93

There can scarcely be said to be any particular affix in Bengali to denote the instrumental case. The Sanskrit রামেণ changes to রামএ. I have said that the Bengali active forms were akin to the Sanskrit passive voice. The sentences ‘কুড়ালে পা কাটিয়াছে’ ‘রাজায় বলিয়াছে,’ still in current use in different parts of Bengal, shew how the construction of the Sanskrit passive changes into Bengali active forms.