dictionary of sanskrit grammar

name given to the second
pada of the second adhyaya of
Panini’s Astadhyayi which begins
with the Sutra ^?TO*]%Trc^3&%|iST-
P. II. 2.1.
lit. mixed. The term is used in
the Pratisakhya works in connection
with the vowel l o r ^ which
is looked upon as a being
mixed with the consonant ^ or
cf. Tw*# iiwsRSKts: apKKaj Wa^R5t-
i^mra. com. on T. P r .X III. 16.
separately as far as hearing, is
concerned; distinctly separate from
another; cf. ?W ! R.
Pr. X III. 17,
^ 3 5 group of all the individually
separate words, syntactically
connected. It is a definition of
Vakya as given by some scholars,
cp. Vak. pad. II. 2.
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framing a separate rule for
a thing instead of mentioning it
along with other things in the same
context, which implies some purpose
in the mind of the author such as
anuvrtti in subsequent rules, option,
and so on ; cf.
KaS. on P. I. 3.7 ; cf. also
Kas. on I. 3.33, I. 3.84, I. 4.58,
III. 1.56, IV. 1.16, VII. 4.33, V III.
1.52, V III. 1,74.
a class of words headed by the
word >j I P V, qfon,
qrsffl;, Rjm, qgm ,; cf„ Ka§, on P. V.
1.122.
a grammarian of ihe Eastern
school who wrote the treatise
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on Katantra Vistara of
Vardhamana.
a group of words, with irre=
gularity in the coalescence of the
two constituent members, collected
together by Pacini and mentioned
together with the word f i f e at the
head; cf. 3ql