dictionary of sanskrit grammar

the continuous utterance of Vedic
sentences; cf. and the
foil. P. I. 2.33-40 and the Mahabhasya
thereon. In his discussion
on I. 2.33 Patafijaii has given three
alternative views about the accent
of Ekasruti syllables : ( a ) they
possess an accent between the ^ re
(acute) and 3?gs[re (grave), ( b )
they are in the Same accent as is
possessed by the preceding vowel,
( c ) Ekasruti is looked upon as
the seventh of the seven accents;
cf. %«n
^era®f%# I...3 H wrfcr t ascren,
s?35R5:, sjgsrscrc, swfor:
BFR: I M. Bh. on P. I . 2.33.
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possessed of one vowel, monosyllabic;
a term used by Hema-
candra in his grammar for the term
tra^ of Panini; cf. sri#ff Hem.
IV. 1-.2, which means the same as
TO # 5 P. VI. 1. r.
having a single consonant at
the beginning; ci. |
P. VI. 3.59.
( a vowel) placed between
two single consonants; e.g. the
vowel a? in 3% IK, etc.
consisting of one single syllable;
e.g. £fi^ etc.; cf.
3H&: =? 3 3T M. Bh. on P.
V. 2.1x5, as also on VI. 1.168, VI.
4.161.
possessed of a single vowel,
monosyllabic; cf. tHtf# ! P.
VI. 1.1.
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