Editing Instrumental case (section)

===Sanskrit===
The instrumental case in [[Classical Sanskrit]] can have several meanings:<ref>DESHPANDE, Madhav; "Samskrita-Subodhini", 2007. Michigan Papers on South and Southwest Asia, No. 47. CENTERS FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ASIAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. {{ISBN|0-89148-079-X}}.</ref>
* It can indicate the instrument (of an action):
{{fs interlinear|lang=sa|indent=4
|रामो लेखन्या लिखति।
|Rāmo ''lekhanyā'' likhati.
|"Rāma writes ''with a pen''."}}
* It can be used to indicate someone or something accompanying an action. In this case, the sense of "company" is indicated by postpositions like सह ''saha'' ("with") (may be optionally omitted):
{{fs interlinear|lang=sa|indent=4
|दासेन सह देवदत्तोऽगच्छत्।
|''Dāsena'' ''saha'' devadatto'gacchat.
|"Devadatta went ''accompanied by the servant''."}}
* It can indicate the agent of a passive verb:
{{fs interlinear|lang=sa|indent=4
|देवदत्तेन यवं खाद्यते।
|''Devadattena'' yavaṁ khādyate.
|"Barley is eaten ''by Devadatta''."}}
* It can indicate the cause, reason or circumstance of an action. In this case, it can be translated as "because of", "out of", etc.:
{{fs interlinear|lang=sa|indent=4
|दुःखेन ग्रामम् अत्यजत्।
|''duḥkhena'' grāmam atyajat.
|"He abandoned the village ''out of misery''."}}
* It is used with the preposition विना ''vinā'' ("without"):
{{fs interlinear|lang=sa|indent=4
|जलेन विना पद्मं नश्यति।
|''jalena'' ''vinā'' padmaṁ naśyati.
|"A lotus dies ''without water''."}}
* It can also be used with the particles अलम् ''alam'' and कृतम् ''kṛtam'', both meaning "enough".
{{fs interlinear|lang=sa|indent=4
|कृतं कोलाहलेन।
|kṛtaṁ ''kolāhalena''.
|"Enough with ''noise''."}}