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of its application is gone, on the analogy of a man who is paid his Dakṣiṇā although the proper time has gone ( भ्रष्टावसरन्यायेन दक्षिणा दीयते); cf. न च पुनर्लुक्शास्त्रं प्रवर्तते भ्रष्टावसरत्वात् Kāś. on P. VII.2.101.

भ्राज stray or spurious verses or stanzas whose authorship cannot be traced, but which are commonly quoted by scholars; cf. भ्राजा नाम श्लेाकाः M.Bh. on I.1 Āhnika 1; the word भ्राज is explained as 'composed by Kātyāyana' by Nāgeśabhaṭṭa in his Uddyota.

भ्रूमध्य lit.centre of the brows, or eye- brows which is described as the place of air ( which produces utterance or speech) at the time of the evening soma-pressing or sacrifice: cf. प्रातःसवनमाध्यन्दिनसवनतृती- यसवनक्रमेण उरःकण्ठभ्रूमध्यानि त्रीणि स्थानानि वायोर्भवन्ति । Vāj. Prāt. I. 30; cf. also भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक्.

भ्वादिगण the class of roots headed by भू ; the first conjugation of roots.

म् (1) fifth letter of the labial class of consonants which is possessed of the properties नादानुप्रदान, घोष, कण्ठसंवृतत्व, अल्पप्राणत्व and अानुनासिक्य ; (2) substitute म् ( मश् ) for अम् of the 1st. pers. sing. in Vedic litera- ture; e.g. वधीं वृत्रम् । cf. अमो मश् P. VII, 1.40;

(l) the consonant म् with the vowel अ added for facility of utterance; cf T. Pr. I.2.1 ; (2) The substi- tute म for मस् of the 1st pers. pl. in the perfect tense cf. P परस्मैपदानां ... णल्वमाः III. 4.82 and in the present tense also in the case of the root विद्; (3) tad. affix म added to the word मध्य in the Śaiṣika senses,and to the words

द्यु and द्रु in the sense of possession; cf. P.IV.3.8,V.2. 108.

मकरन्द (1)name of a commentary by Raṅganātha on the Padamañjari of Haradatta; (2) name of a com- mentary on the Supadma Vyāka- raṇa by Viṣṇumiśra.

मकार the consonant म् with the vowel अ and the affix कार added for faci- lity of use and pronunciation; cf. T.Pr.I.17 and 21.

मङ्गलार्थ for the sake of auspicious- ness at the beginning of a treatise or work; cf. भूवादीनां वकारोयं मङ्गलार्थः प्रयुज्यते M.Bh. on P.I.3.1.;cf.मङ्गलादीनि हि शास्त्राणि । M.Bh. on P.I.1.1.

मट् tad. affix म applied to a numeral, not preceded by another numeral in the sense of completion; e. g. पञ्चमः, सप्तमः; cf. नान्तादसंख्यादेर्मट् Pān. V.2.49.

मण् tad. affix म, causing vṛddhi for the word मध्य, in the sense of 'present therein' ( तत्र भवः ); e.g. माध्यम:; cf. मण्मीयौ चापि प्रत्ययौ, P.IV. 3.60 Vārt. 2.

मण्डूकगति lit.the gait of a frog; jump; the continuation of a word from a preceding Sūtra to the following Sūtra or Sūtras in the manner of a frog by omitting one or more Sūtras in the middle; the word मण्डूकप्लुति is also used in the same sense espe- cially by later grammarians; cf. अथवा मण्डूकगतयोधिकाराः । यथा मण्डूका उत्प्लुत्योत्प्लुत्य गच्छन्ति तद्वदधिकाराः ॥ M. Bh. on P.I.1.3 Vārt.2, II. 3.32, II. 4.34, VI.1.16, VI.3.49,VII. 2.117.

मण्डूकप्लुति the same as मण्डूकगति which see above; cf. अथवा मण्डूकप्लुतयोधिकाराः MB.h. on P. V.2.4.

मञ्जूषा a popular name given to the work परमलघुमञ्जूषा of Nāgeśa on अर्थ- प्रक्रिया (science or method of inter- pretation) in Vyākaraṇa, which is