Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 10American Oriental Society., 1880 - Electronic journals "Proceedings" or "Select minutes of meetings" are included in each volume (except v. 3, 12). |
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ABLATIVE accent according ACCUSATIVE added appears Atharvan belong called cause character Chinese collection common comparative compounds copies Corresponding DATIVE doubtful DUAL edition example fact FEMININE final forms further GENITIVE give given Grammar Greek hand Haven imperative INDICATIVE inscription instances kirin language later letters LOCATIVE MASCULINE AND FEMININE meaning metre nearly NEUTER NOMINATIVE objects occurs once original pada passages perhaps Persian person Plate PLURAL PLURAL MASCULINE present probably Prof pronoun radical redupl referred regard relation remarks respect root rule Sanskrit seems short side Sing SINGULAR MASCULINE Society stands stems stone strong Suffix syllables taken thing tion transition translation verb verse VOCATIVE vowel whole writing written York
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| Title | Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 10 Volume 40 of American oriental series |
| Author | American Oriental Society |
| Publisher | American Oriental Society., 1880 |
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