Sanskrit: Declinables - 1

The declinables are words which may change according to how they are being used in a sentence...that is......for example, if the word is the कर्तु पदः(Nominative) then it is pronounced differently than if it were the कर्म पदः (Objective). There are 8 cases of these words......and in each case, the word again declines(changes) depending on the plurality. This is depicted as a 8 by 3 matrix, for each word. Fortunately, for each word that ends in a specific vowel or consonant, the matrix remains the same. So, if we know how to form the cases and persons for Raama, then it is as good as knowing for all words that are pullingas and ending with the vowel a. (Like Shaama, Bheema etc.,)
 
E.g., अ कार अन्त पुल्लिन्ग रामः पद

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural	When to apply/when this word denotes
प्रथमा	रामः	रामौ	रामाः	Subject of the sentence
संबोधना प्रथमा	हे राम	हे रामौ	हे रामाः	Addressing the subject
द्वितीया	रामम्	रामौ	रामान्	Object of the verb
त्रतीया	रामेण	रामाभ्याम्	रामैः	Sense of preposition (By, with, by means of)
चतुर्थी	रामाय	रामाभ्याम्	रामेभ्यः	To, For
पंचमी	रामात्	रामाभ्याम्	रामेभ्यः	From, Out of, than
षष्टी	रामस्य	रामयोः	रामाणाम्	Of, Among, Belonging to
सप्तमी	रामे	रामयोः	रामेषु	In, on, At, Among

To be contd......

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