dictionary of sanskrit grammar

s?£3T?F?lf^ 95
a class of words headed by
fiP H to which the taddhita affix
3?t^ ( sr) is affixed in the sense of
‘ prodaced therein ’ ( era w i:), or
‘ explanatory of ’ ( sqreqin:')-, cf.
wr:, m snftw
fsj: etc, Kas. on
P. IV. 3 73-
verse-pause equal to 3 matra-
kalas or three matia units, cf. ^fcr-
ire:
ftm : f e w
T. Pr. X X II. 13. According to Rk.
Tantra it consists of two matras.
short vowel % before which the
preceding vowel is optionally left I
as it is, i.e. without coalescence
and shortened also if long; cf.
P. VI. 1.128.
possessed of short m-. cf, ft^cT:
P. VII. 4.90. Vart. 1.
possessed of the mute indicatory
letter % signifying in the Grammar
of Panini the prevention of the
shortening of the long vowel in the
reduplicated syllable of the Causal
Aorist form of roots which are
marked with i t ; e. g.
3TW=SK ■ etc, cf. P.
V II. 4,2.
^ 3«TTR? a class of words headed by the
word to which the taddhita
affix 3; is added in the four senses
prescribed in the rules IV. 2.67-70 ;
e.g. snws:, etc. cf. P. IV.
2.80.
the metre of the Vedic seers.
The seven metres— m*#, srggq,
fflll and su# consisting
respectively of 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44
and 48 syllables are named
as contrasted with the metres t=f,
JTRiq?? and sttjr, which, when combined
together, make the metres of
the Vedic seers. For details see R.
Pr. X V I. 1.5.
taddhita affix sioi. in the sense of
‘ descendant ’ applied to names of
ancient sages, by the rule
iftnpvqaj P- IV. 1.114 ; e. g. mfes:, .
M long variety of the vowel 3T,
( roots) ending in which have
the vowel ^ changed into f^ b y the
rule ^ P. V II. 1.100 ; e.g.
PtsfcT.
^ short vowel