पुटमेतत् सुपुष्टितम्
तण्
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dental class of consonants which has got the properties श्वासानुप्रदान, अघोष, विवृतकण्ठत्व and अल्पप्राणत्व. When used as a mute letter by Panini, त् signifies the Svarita accent of the vowel of that affix or so, which is marked with it: e. g. कार्यम्, हार्यम्, पयस्यम् cf. P. VI.1.185. When appi- ed to a vowel at its end, त् signifi- es the vowel of that grade only, possessed by such of its vari- eties which require the same time for their utterance as the vowel marked with त् , e. g. अात् stands for अा with any of the three accents as also pure or nasalised; अात् does not include अं or अ 3 cf. तपरस्तत्कालस्य P. I. 1. 70. The use of the indi- catory mute त् for the above purpose is seen also in the Pratis akhya works; cf. V. Pr. I. 114 R. T. 234.

( 1) personal ending of the third pers sing. Atm: cf. P. III. 4.78, which is changed to ते in the per- fect tense and omitted after the substitute चिण् for च्लि in the aorist; cf. P.VI.4.04: (2) personal ending substituted for the affix थ of the Paras. 2nd pers. pl. in the im- perative, imperfect, potential, benedictive, aorist and condition- al for which, तात्, तन and थन are substituted in Vedic Literature, and also for हि in case a repetition of an action is meant; cf. P. III. 4. 85, 10l as also VII. 1. 44, 45 and III. 4. 2-5. cf P. III. 4. 85 and III. 4. 10I ; (3) tad. affix त applied to the words कम् and शम् e. g. कन्तः, शन्त:, cf. P. V. 2. 138: (4) tad. affix त applied to दशत् when दशत् is changed to श; cf. दशानां दशतां शभावः तश्च प्रत्ययः । दश दाशतः परिमाणमस्य संधस्य शतम्, Kas. on P. V. l. 59; (5) .general term for the affix क्त of the past pass. part, in

popular use: (6) a technical term for the past participle affixes (त) क्त and तवत् ( क्तवतु ) called निष्ठा by Panini; cf. P. I.1.26; the term त is used for निष्ठI in the Jainendra Vya- kararna.

तकार the consonant त्, the vowel अ and the word कार being placed af- ter it for facility in understanding; cf. T. Pr. I. 17, 21.

तक्षशिलादि a class of words headed by तक्षशिला to which the taddhita affix अ ( अञ् ) is added in the sense of 'a native place or a domi- cile'. The word so formed has the acute accent on its first vowel; e. g. ताक्षशिलः वात्सोद्वरणः; cf. Kas. on P. IV. 3.93.

तङ् (1) a short term used for the nine personal endings of the Atmane- pada viz. त,अाताम्...महिङ् which are themselves termed Atmanepada; cf. तङानौ अात्मनेपदम् P. 1.4. 100 (2) the personal-ending त of the 2nd pers. pl. (substituted for थ by III.4 101) looked upon as तङ् sometimes, when it is lengthened in the Vedic Literature: cf. तङिति थादेशस्य ङित्त्वपक्षे ग्रहणम् । भरता जातवेदसम् Kas. on P. VI. 3. 133.

तच्छीलादि the triad of senses तच्छील्, तद्धर्म and तत्साधुकारिन् possessed by the agent of an action, in connec- tion with which the affixes तृन् , इष्णुच् etc. are prescribed (cf P.III. 2.184 etc.) which (affixes) hence are called ताच्छीलिक; cf. अयं तच्छीला- दिष्वर्थेषु तृन् विधीयते, M. Bh. on P. III. 2.146, e. g. कर्ता कटान्.

तण् ancient term for संज्ञा and छन्दस् used by the Vartikakara: cf. बहुलं तणीति वक्तव्यम् । किमिदं तणीति । संज्ञाचन्दसो र्ग्रहणम् , M. Bh. on P. II. 4.54 Vart. 11: III. 2.8 Vart. 2; IV. 1.52. Vart. 3.