पुटमेतत् सुपुष्टितम्
धारण
ध्यै
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second pada of the fifth adhyaya of Panini's Astadhyayi possibly because the pada begins with the Sutra धान्यानां भवने क्षेत्रे खञ्, P. V.2.1.

धारण (1) suppression of a consonant, out of two successive consonants which is looked upon as a fault of recital; e.g. ह्वयामि when recited as वयामि; ef. धारणमनुपलब्धिः Uvvata on R.Pr.XIV. 6; (2) repe- tition of a consonant which is also a fault; e.g. ज्ज्योतिष्कृत् for ज्योतिष्कृत्: cf. Uvvata on XIV.6;cf. also धारयन्त; परक्रमं etc. explained by Uvvata as सान्तस्थस्य संयोगस्य आदौ रक्तं धारयन्तो विलम्बमानाः परक्रमं कुर्वन्ति where धारयन्तः means 'lengthening’ or 'prolonging' cf. R.Pr. on XIV.23; (3) the pecu- liar position of the mouth (मुखसं- धारणम् ) by which a double conso- nant is recited as a single one, cf. द्विवर्णमेकवर्णवत् ( एकप्रयत्ननिर्वर्त्य ) धारणात् e.g. व्यात्तम् , कुक्कुटः, cf. V.Pr. IV.144.

धि (1)a technical term used for sonant consonants in the Pratisakhya and old grammar works; cf. धि शेषः V. Pr.I.53, explained by Uvvata as वर्गाणां उत्तरास्त्रय: यरलवहकाराश्च धिः V.Pr. I.53; the term धि corresponds to हश् of Panini; (2) personal ending धि substituted for हि of the impera. 2nd sing. e.g. जुहुधि, छिन्द्धि, भिन्द्धि, श्रुधि, रारन्धि etc.; cf.P.V.4.101-103.

धु a technical term in the Jainendra Vyakarana for धातु (a root) which is used freely by the ancient gra- mmarians and Panini.

धुट् (1) the augment ध् prefixed to the consonant स् following upon the consonant ड् or न् occurring at the end of a word; e.g. श्वलिट्त्साये, महान्त्साये etc.; cf. P. VIII.3.29; (2) technical short term for धातु (root); the technical term is धुष् , but the nom. sing. used is धुट्; (3) a technical term standing for con-

sonants excepting semi-vowels and nasals; cf. धुटश्च धुटि Kat. III.6.51. The term is used in the Katantra Vyakarana. It corresponds to the term झर् of Panini.

धुना tad. affix called Vibhakti tad. affix, applied to the word इदम् when इदम् is changed into अ; cf. इदमः अश्भावः धुना च प्रत्ययः Kas. on P. V. 3.17.

धुष् a short term for धातु or root.See धुट्,

धूमादि a class of words headed by the word धूम to which the tad.affix अक ( वुञ् ) is added in the miscella- neous(शैषिक ) senses; e. g. धौमकः खाण्डकः etc.; cf Kas. on P.IV.2.127.

धृत or धृतप्रचय a kind of original grave vowel turned into a circum- flex one which is called प्रचय unless followed by another acute or circumflex vowel. The Taittiriya Pratisakhya has mentioned seven varieties of this 'pracaya' out of which धृतप्रचय or धृत is one. For details see Bhasya on धृतः प्रचयः कौण्डिन्यस्य, T.Pr.XVIII.3.

धेय tad. affix धेय applied to the words भाग, रूप and नाम in the same sense as those words possess;e.g.भागधेयम् , cf. Kas. on P. V.4.25.

ध्मात name of a fault in the pronun- ciation of a vowel when on account of fullness of breath it appears as uttered long (दीर्घ ), although really it is short; cf. श्वासभूयिष्ठतया ह्रस्वोपि दीर्घ इव लक्ष्यते, Kaiyata on I. 1. Ahnika 1. Vart. 18.

ध्यम् tad. affix ध्यमुञ् substituted for धा optionally after the word एक e. g. ऐकध्यम् , एकधा; cf. P. V. 3.44.

ध्यै krt afix ध्यै seen in Vedic Lite- rature, substituted for त्या option- ally; e. g. साढयै, साढ्वा; cf P. VI. 3.113.