[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c4.s3.7 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c4.s3.7 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c4.s3.7 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c4.s3.7) Some words will be found with varying terminations, as ‘Hanumat’ and ‘Hanumān,’ ‘Sikhandin’ and ‘Sikhandī.’ The explanation of this is that Sanskrit nouns have what is called a crude form or stem independent of case termination, and the nominative case very frequently differs from it. So ‘Hanumat’ and ‘Sikhandin’ are crude forms; ‘Hanumān’ and ‘Sikhandī’ are their nominative cases. There are other such variations which need not be noticed. - [Previous: c4.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c4.s3.6) - [Next: c4.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c4.s3.8) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c4.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c4.s3.7) · Pramāṇa