Sanskrit Grammar - Noun Declension

Sanckrit Grammar - Noun Declension 

The girl desires god.  Vs.  The god desires the girl

• In English the order of the words changing the meaning of the sentence. 
• In Sanskrit, because of DECLENSION, the order of the words does NOT change the meaning!

Gramatical funcion of Noun is indicated by special termination CASE ENDINGS
eg.

Noun पुत्र (son- Putra)

when Son is SUBJECT it becomes  पुत्र:

and पुत्र with its a DIRECT OBJECT

Noun GNC 338

Gender: Masculine, Feminine, Neuter
Number: Singular, Duel, Plural
Case:

1. Nomative /subject         THE BOY reads the book
2. Accusative /Object        The boy reads THE BOOK
3. Instrumental /By/With     The boy reads the book WITH GLASSES
4. Dative  /To               The boy reads the book TO THE GIRL
5. Alabtive  / From          The boy reads the book FROM THE SHELF
6. Gentitive /Of             The boy reads THE GIRL's BOOK
7. Locative
8. Vocative /Used for Direct address    SON  read the book

पुत्र

Masculine     Singular Dual         Plural

Nominative     putraḥ         putrau         putrāḥ

Accusative     putram         putrau         putrān

Instrumental     putreṇa putrābhyām putraiḥ putrebhiḥ

Dative             putrāya putrābhyām putrebhyaḥ

Ablative             putrāt         putrābhyām putrebhyaḥ

Genitive             putrasya putrayoḥ         putrāṇām

Locative             putre         putrayoḥ         putreṣu

Vocative             putra         putrau         putrāḥ

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