पुटमेतत् सुपुष्टितम्
पूज्यपाद
पूर्वनिपात
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by Panini in his sutras, where the commentators usually say that the sutras citing the views of ancient grammarians imply merely an option, the name being quoted merely to show respect to the grammarian; cf. अापिशलिग्रहणं पूजार्थम् S.K. on P.VI.1.92.

पूज्यपाद originally a title, but mostly used in connection with the famous Jain grammarian देवनन्दिन् whose work on grammar called जैनेन्द्र- व्याकरण is well-known: see देवनन्दिन्.

पूरण an ordinal numeral; lit. the word means completion of a particular number ( संख्या ); cf. येन संख्या संख्यानं पूर्यते संपद्यते स तस्याः पूरणः । एकादंशानां पूरणः एकादशः । Kas, on P.V. 2.48. The word is used also in the sense of an affix by the applica- tion of which the particular number ( संख्या ) referring to an object, is shown as complete; cf. यस्मिन्नुपसंजाते अन्या संख्या संपद्यते स प्रत्ययार्थः Kas. on P. V.2.48. These Purana pratyayas are given in P. V. 2. 48-58, cf. पूरणं नामार्थः । तमाह Xतीयशव्दः । अतः पूरणम् M. Bh. on P.II.2.3. The word also means 'an ordinal number'; cf. पूरणगुणसुहितार्थ- सदव्ययतव्यसमानाधिकरणेन P.II.2.11.

पूरणप्रत्यय a tad. affix showing the completion of the particular number ( संख्या ) shown by the word to which the affix is applied; cf. . अर्धपूर्वपदश्च पूरणप्रत्ययान्तः संख्याशब्दो भवतीति वक्तव्यम् । अर्धपञ्चमः । M. Bh.on P.I.1.23 Vart. 7. These affixes are mentioned by Panini in V.2. 48 to 58.

पूरणान्त ending with an ordinal affix: the same as पूरणप्रत्ययान्त; cf. योसौ पूर्णान्तात् स्वार्थ अन् सोपि पूरणमेव M.Bh.on P. II. 2.3.

पूर्व (l) ancient, old: (2) belonging to the Eastern districts. The word

is frequently used as qualifying the word अाचार्य where it means ancient.

पूर्वत्रासिद्धवचन the dictum of Panini about rules in his second, third and fourth quarters (Padas) of the eighth Adhyaya being invalid to (viz. not seen by) all the previ- ous rules in the first seven chapters and the first quarter of the eighth as laid down by him in the rule पूर्वत्रासिद्धम् VIII.2.1. The rule पूर्व- त्रासिद्धम् is taken also as a governing rule i.e. अधिकार laying down that in the last three quarters also of his grammar, a subsequent rule is invalid to the preceding rule. The purpose of this dictum is to prohi- bit the application of the rules in the last three quarters as also that of a subsequent rule in the last three quarters, before all such preceding rules, as are applicable in the formation of a word, have been given effect to; cf. एवमिहापि पर्वेत्रासिद्धवचनं अादेशलक्षणप्रतिषेधार्थमुत्सर्ग- लक्षणभावार्थं च M.Bh. on P. VIII.2.1 Vart. 8.

पूर्वत्रासिद्धीय an operation prescribed in the province of the rule पूर्वेत्रा- सिद्धम् i.e. in the last three quarters of the eighth book of Panini's grammar.

पूर्वनिघात the grave accent for the preceding acute vowel as a result of the following vowel made acute, and the preceding , as a result, turned into grave by virtue of the rule अनुदात्तं पदमेकवर्जम् VI.1.198: cf. मतुब्विभक्त्युदात्तत्वं पूर्वनिघातस्यानिमित्तं स्यात् । अग्निमान् । वायुमान् । M. Bh. on P.I.1.39 Vart. 16.

पूर्वनिपात placing first (in a compo- und); priority of a word in a com- pound, as in the case of an adjec- tival word, For special instructions