c. The accent, however, is never thrown forward (as in the participle) upon the case-ending or the feminine ending.
453. To illustrate the inflection of such stems, it will be sufficient to give a part of the forms of पशुमन्त् paçumánt possessing cattle, and भगवन्त् bhágavant fortunate, blessed. Thus:
| Singular: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | n. | m. | n. | |
| N. | पशुमान् paçumā́n |
पशुमत् paçumát |
भगवान् bhágavān |
भगवत् bhágavat |
| A. | पशुमन्तम् paçumántam |
पशुमत् paçumát |
भगवन्तम् bhágavantam |
भगवत् bhágavat |
| I. | पशुमता paçumátā |
भगवता bhágavatā | ||
| etc. | etc. | |||
| V. | पशुमन् páçuman |
पशुमत् páçumat |
भगवन् bhágavan |
भगवत् bhágavat |
| Dual: | ||||
| N. A. V. | पशुमन्तौ paçumántāu |
पशुमती paçumátī |
भगवन्तौ bhágavantāu |
भगवती bhágavatī |
| etc. | etc. | |||
| Plural: | ||||
| N. V. | पशुमन्तस् paçumántas |
पशुमन्ति paçumánti |
भगवन्तस् bhágavantas |
भगवन्ति bhágavanti |
| A. | पशुमतस् paçumátas |
पशुमन्ति paçumánti |
भगवतस् bhágavatas |
भगवन्ति bhágavanti |
| I. | पशुमद्भिस् paçumádbhis |
भगवद्भिस् bhágavadbhis | ||
| etc. | etc. | |||
454. Vedic Irregularities. a. In dual masc. nom. etc., ā (for āu) is the greatly prevailing ending.
b. In voc. sing. masc., the ending in the oldest language (RV.) is almost always in as instead of an (as in the perfect participle: below, 462 a): thus, adrivas, harivas, bhānumas, haviṣmas. Such vocatives in RV. occur more than a hundred times, while not a single unquestionable instance of one in an is to be found. In the other Vedic texts, vocatives in as are extremely rare (but bhagavas and its contraction bhagos are met with, even in the later language); and in their reproduction of RV
