पुटमेतत् सुपुष्टितम्
ग्स्नु
घित्
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ग्स्नु krt affix स्नु applied to the roots ग्लै, जि and स्था in the sense of an agent: cf. ग्लाजिस्थश्व क्स्नुः P.III.1.139.

घ् (1) fourth consonant of the gut- tural class of consonants having the properties कण्ठसंवृतत्व, घोष, नादानुप्रदानत्व and महाप्राणत्व; (2)the con- sonant घ at the beginning of a tad. affix which is always chang- ed into इय्; cf. P. VII. 1. 9; (3) substitute for ह् at the end of roots beginning with द्, as also of the root नह् under certain conditions; cf. P.VIII.2.32,33,34; (4) substitute for the consonant व् of मतुव् placed after the pronouns किम् and इदम् which again is changed into इय् by VII.1.9: e.g. कियान्, इयान्: cf. P.V. 2.40.

(l) consonant घ्, अ being added at the end for facility of pronuncia- tion; cf.Tai. Pr.I.21; (2) technical term for the tad. affixes तरप् and तमप्, cf. P.I.1.22, causing the short- ening of ई at the end of bases before it, under certain conditions, cf. P. VI. 3.43-45, and liable to be changed into तराम् and तमाम् after किम्, verbs ending in ए, and indeclinables; cf. P.V.4.11; (3) tad. affix घ ( इय) in the sense of 'a descendant' applied to क्षत्र, and in the sense of 'having that as a deity' applied to अपोनप्तृ अपांनप्तृ and also to महेन्द्र and to the words राष्ट्र etc., e.g. क्षत्रियः, अपोनाप्त्रिय:, अपांनप्त्रियः, महेन्द्रियम्,राष्ट्रियः etc.; cf. P. IV.1.138, IV.2.27, 29, 93; (4) tad. affix घ, applied to अग्र, समुद्र and अभ्र in the sense of 'present there', to सहस्र in the sense of 'possession', to, नक्षत्र without any change of sense, and to यज्ञ and ऋत्विज् in the sense of 'deserving'; cf. P.IV.4.117,118,135,

136,141, V.1.71 ; (5) krt affix अ when the word to which it has been applied becomes a proper noun i.e.a noun in a specific sense or a technical term; cf. III.3. 118, 119,125.

घकार the consonant घ; see घ् .

घच् tad. affix इय, as found in the word क्षेत्रिय; cf. क्षेत्रियच् परक्षेत्रे चिाकत्स्यः P.V.2.92 and Kāsikā thereon.

घञ् krt affix अ causing the substitu- tion of vrddhi for the preceding vowel applied in various senses as specified in P.III.3. 16-42, III.3. 45-55,III.3.120-125, e.g. पाद:, रोग:, आयः, भावः, अवग्राहृः प्रावारः, अवतारः, लेखः रागः etc

घन् tad. affix अ applied to the words शुक्र, तुग्र, पात्र, and to multisyllabic words in specified senses, causing the acute accent on the first vowel of the word so formed; cf.IV.2.26, IV.4. 115, V.1.68, V.3.79, 80.

घन a variety of the क्रमपाठ or recital of the Vedic hymns to show the serial order of words there; one of the eight vikrtis of the padapātha.

घस् tad, affix इय, occurring in Vedic Literature,applied to the word ऋतु, e.g. अयं ते योनिऋत्वीयः; cf. Kās on P. V.1.106.

घि (1) a tech. term applied to noun bases or Prātipadikas ending in इ and उ excepting the words सखि and पति and those which are term- ed नदी; cf. P. I. 4.79; (2) a conven- tional term for लधु ( a short vowel) found used in the Jainendra Vyakarana.

घित् affixes having the mute letter घ्, as for instance, घञ् घ, घच् etc.which cause the substitution of a guttu- ral in the place of the palatal letter च् or ज् before it: e.g. त्याग: राग: cf. P.VII.3.52.