...This absence of syntactical auxiliaries leads to the necessity for eight cases. These are called, 1. nominative ; 2. accusative ; 3. instrumental ; 4....the place or time in which any thing is done ; as, Ayodhyayam "mAyodhya"; purvakale, " in former time "; bhumau, " on the ground."^ Hence it follows that...

...exceptions, of three numbers, singular, dual, and plural ; and of seven cases in each number ; 1. the nominative, 2. accusative, 3. instrumental, 4. dative, 5. ablative, 6. genitive, 7. locative : of these it may be remarked, that the third or instrumental has the sense of ' by' or ' with ;' the...

...gender in the verbs. 7. Nouns. Nouns have eight cases, which are arranged in the following order : 1. Nominative. 2 Accusative. 3. Instrumental. 4. Dative....5. Ablative. 6. Genitive. 7. Locative. 8. Vocative. The instrumental has the sense of by or with ; the ablative, that of from ; and the locative, of in,...