पुटमेतत् सुपुष्टितम्
डाच्
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VI.4.143. The syllable ति of विंशति is also elided before an affix mark- with the mute letter ड्.

ड (1) krt affix अ applied to the root गम् preceded by अन्त, अत्यन्त, अध्वन् etc., as also to the roots हन् and जन् under certain conditions; cf. P. III.2,48,49, 50, 97-101 and to the root क्रन् to form the word नक्र cf. P. VI. 3.75; (2) tad. affix अ applied to words ending in दशन्, words ending in शत् and the word विंशति in the sense of 'more than' e.g. एकादशं शतम्, एकत्रिंशम्, एकविंशम्, cf P.V.2.45, 46.

डच samasanta (अ) added to a Bahu vrihi compound meaning a nume- ral e.g. उपदशाः उपविंशाः cf. P.V.474.

डट् tad. अ, affix in the sense of पूरण applied to a numeral to form an ordinal numeral; e. g. एकादशः, त्रयोदशः, cf. P.V.2.48

डण् tad. affix अ, causing vrddhi and टिलोप, applied to त्रिंशत् and चत्वारिंंशत् to show the परिमाण i.e. measure- ment or extent of a Brahmana work; e.g. त्रैंशानि ब्राह्मणानि, चात्वरिंशानि cf. P. V. I.62

डतमच् tad. affix अतम in the sense of determination or selection of one out of many, applied to the pro- nouns किं, यत् and तत्; e,g. कतमः cf. P.V.3.93,as also to एक according to Eastern Grammarians; e.g. एकतमो भवतां देवदत्तः; cf. P.V.3.94.

डतरच् tad. affix अतर in the sense of 'selection out of two' applied to the words किं, यत् and तत् as also to the word एक; e. g. कतरो भवतोः पटुः cf. P. V. 3.92, एकतरो भवतोर्देवदत्तः cf. P.V.3.94.

डतरांदि a class of words headed by the word डतर which stands for डतरान्त i.e. words ending with the affix डतर; similarly the word डतम which follows डतर stands for डतमान्त.

This class डतरादि is a subdivision of the bigger class called सर्वादि. and it consists of only five words viz. डतरान्त, डतमान्त, अन्य, अन्यतर and इतरः cf P. VII.1.25 and I.1.27.

डति tad. affix अति affixed to the word किम् to show number or measurement; e.g. कति ब्राह्मणाः, cf. P.V.2.41. The words ending with the affix डति are termed संख्या and षट् for purposes of declension etc.; cf. P.I.1.23,25

डर krt affix अर added to the root खन् in the sense of 'instrument' or 'location' e.g. आखरः, cf. P.III.3. 125 Vartika.

डस् affix अस् applied to the word श्वेतवाह and others at the end of a pada i.e when the word श्वेतवाह has got the पदसंज्ञा. e.g. श्वेतवाः इन्द्रः । श्वेतवोभ्याम् cf.P.III.2.71 Vārt,1 and 2.

डा (1) verb-ending आ, causing elision of the penultimate vowel as also of the following consonant, substituted for the 3rd pers. sing, affix तिप् of the first future; e.g. क्रर्ता ; cf. P.II.4.85; (2) case ending आ substituted in Vedic Literature for any case affix as noticed in Vedic usages; e.g. नाभा पृथिव्याम्: cf. P. VII.1.39

डाच् tad. affix आ applied to dissylla- bic words, used as imitation of sounds, or used as onomatopoe- tic, when connected with the root कृ or भू or अम्. The word to which डाच् is applied becomes generally doubled; c. g पटपटाकरोति, पटपटाभवति पटपटास्यात्; cf. P.V.4.57. The affix डाच् is also applied to द्वितीय, तृतीय, to compound words formed of a numeral and the word गुण, as also to the words सपत्र, निष्पत्र, सुख, प्रिच etc when these words are connected with the root कृ;e.g. द्वितीयाकरोति,तृतीया करोति, द्विगुणाकरोति, सपत्राकरोति, सुखाकरोति etc.; cf.P.V.4. 58 to 67.