Lesson 32

Beginning Prayers:

• शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुम् - shuklaambaradharaM viShNum
• सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhyam 
• गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः - gururbrahmaa gururviShNuH 

Topic Summary:

• Feminine word forms in 5th case
• Revision of all the cases in masculine gender with examples

Home Work:

• Practice writing 10 masculine gender words along with learning their meanings
• Learn by heart, the raama shabda till the 3rd case (inclusive of the vocative after the 1st case)

Topic Details:

In the previous lesson, we have seen the 5th case in masculine and neuter genders.  In the feminine gender 5th case (ablative), the words take the form as below.

लता -> लतायाः
सीता -> सीतायाः
गीता -> गीतायाः
राधा -> राधायाः
कन्या -> कन्यायाः
सेविका -> सेविकायाः

lataa -> lataayaaH
sItaa -> sItaayaaH
gItaa -> gItaayaaH
raadhaa -> raadhaayaaH
kanyaa -> kanyaayaaH
sevikaa -> sevikaayaaH

Now that all the cases have been dealt with and their usages learnt, it is a good time to assimilate the learning, along with the word forms and meanings.  Let's see a few different masculine gender words in all the different cases -

1st case: राम -> रामः
sambodhanaa 1st case: कृष्ण -> हे कृष्ण
2nd case: देव -> देवम्
3rd case: गज -> गजेन
4th case: अज -> अजाय
5th case: वानर -> वानरात्
6th case: सिंह -> सिंहस्य
7th case: मर्कट -> मर्कटे

1st case: raama -> raamaH
sambodhanaa 1st case: kRuShNa -> he kRuShNa
2nd case: deva -> devam
3rd case: gaja -> gajena
4th case: aja -> ajaaya
5th case: vaanara -> vaanaraat
6th case: siMha -> siMhasya
7th case: markaTa -> markaTe

Practice writing the meanings of these example words in the given cases.

Until next lesson, happy practicing!

Ending prayer:

•  ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् - aum pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam

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