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sarvAdIni sarvanAmAni

सर्वादीनि सर्वनामानि ONPANINI 11027

The sarvaclass are called pronouns (/sarvanAma).

The sarvaclass are a group of special nounbases, like sarva- सर्वॱ, anya- अन्यॱ, adas- अदस् and others.

The difference between pronoun nounbases and ordinary nounbases is that the /sup after them weirden mightily. So when we add /jas after sarva सर्व, we get **sarve सर्वे by jasazzI, a special rule that applies only to some pronoun bases.

CAVEAT LECTOR

Sanskrit pronouns are nouns, and unlike in English grammar, they are not expected or supposed to "replace a noun". Just use thenm as if the were ordinary nouns.

So if you are asked —

kim azvAn pazyasi किमश्वान्पश्यसि "do you see the horses?"

you may grammatically answer with any of —

Am आम् "yes"
pazyAmi पश्यामि "I see them"
tAnpazyAmi तान्पश्यामि "I see them"
azvAnpazyAmi अश्वान्पश्यामि "I see them"
tAnazvAnpazyAmi तानश्वान्पश्यामि "I see'em horses"

These nouns are called sarvanAmAni सर्वनामानि "allnames" because most of them can linkto mostly any noun. As in all horses, all red ones, all dissolutions, all thoughts, all whatever.