C.2 Nominal Indications

Here, the term "nominal" literally means "concerned with nouns", yet all nouns, pronouns and numerals should be placed in its scope. On the other hand, the indications of compounds (samāsa), Primary Derivatives (kita) and Secondary Derivatives (taddhita) will be treated separately.

• a. Nominal-Stem indication (nāmaliṅgapadasaṃvaṇṇanā)

Ex. Assāti tassa..

The phrase "tassa" indicates that the stem of assa is ta (not ima)

• b. Nominal-Stem Sense indication (nāmaliṅgatthasaṃvaṇṇanā)

Ex. Assāti dhammassa The phrase "dhammassa" indicates that the stem ta or ima of assa has (i.e. refers to) the sense "dhamma".

• c. Nominal-Case indication (vibhattipadasaṃvaṇṇanā)

Ex. Purisānanti catutthī(bahu)vacanaṃ / sampadāna(bahu)vacanaṃ

The phrase " catutthī(bahu)vacanaṃ" or " sampadāna(bahu)vacanaṃ" indi- cates that the word purisānaṃ has the Dative case (and plural number).

• d. Nominal-Case Sense indication (vibhatyatthasaṃvaṇṇanā)

Ex. ekaṃ samayanti ekasmiṃ samaye.

The phrase "ekasmiṃ samaye" indicates that the Accusative cases of ekaṃ and samayaṃ have the Locative sense.

Ex. Buddhanti kammatthaniddeso.

The phrase "kammatthaniddeso" indicates that the Accusative case of bud- dhaṃ has the Objective sense.