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महामिश्र name of a grammarian who wrote a commentary on Jinen- drabuddhi's Nyasa. The com- mentary is known by the name Vyakaranaprakasa.

महाविभाषा a rule laying down an option for several rules in a topic by being present in every rule: cf. महाविभाषया वाक्यमपि. विभाषा (P.II.1.11) and समर्थानां प्रथमाद्वा (P. IV.1.82) are some of the rules of this kind.

महासंज्ञा a long term, as contrasted with the very short terms टि, घु, भ, इत् and others introduced by Panini in his grammar for the sake of brevity. These long terms such as सर्वनाम, अब्यय, परस्मैपद, अात्मनेपद, and many others were widely in use at the time of Panini and hence he could not but pick them up in his grammar in spite of his strenuous attempts at brevity. The commentators, how- ever, find out a motive for his doing this viz. that appropriate words only could be understood by those terms and not others; cf. महासंज्ञाकरणेन तदनुगुणानामेव अत्र संनिवेशात् । S.K. on सर्वादीने सर्वनामानि P. I.1.27.

महिङ् personal ending of the Atmane- pada first person (उत्तमपुरुष) plural; cf. तिप्तस्झि ... वहिमहिङ् P. III.4.78.

महिष्यादि a class of words headed by the word महिषी to which the tad. affix अ (अण्) is added in the sense Of 'proper for' ( धर्म्यम् ); e.g. माहिषम् पौरोहितम् , हौत्रम्: cf. Kas,on P.IV.4. 48.

महीधर a grammarian of the sixteenth century who, besides many small treatises on other subjects, wrote a commentary on the Sarasvata- Prakriya Vyakarana.

महेशनन्दिन् a Jain Grammarian who has written a work on the karaka topic of grammar, named षट्कारक.

माक्षव्य name of an ancient writer of Pratisakhya works mentioned in the Rk Pratisakhya: cf. R.Pr.I.2.

माचाकीय an ancient writer of a Pratisakhya work, who is quoted in the Taittiriya Pratisakhya as one, holding the view that य and व् preceded by अ and followed by उ and ओ respectively, are dropped provided they stand at the beginning of a Pada ( word ). माचाकीय, who belonged to the Yajurveda school, is said to have held this view which is generally held by the followers of the Rgveda: cf. उकारौकारपरौ लुप्यते माचा- कीयस्य(T. Pr. X.29) on which the commentator adds वह्वृचानामयं पक्षः.

माणिक्यदेव a Jain writer who has written a gloss on the Unadisutras consisting of ten chapters popu- larly called उणादिसूत्रदशपादी.

माण्डूकेय name of an ancient writer of a Pratisakhya work referred to in the Rk Pratisakhya, cf. R.Pr.I.2.

मातृकावर्ण letters of the alphabet. See अक्षरसमाम्नाय.

मात्रच् a tad. affix in the sense of measure applied optionally with द्वयस and दघ्न to a noun e.g. ऊरुमात्रम् प्रस्थमात्रम् ; cf. प्रमाणे द्वयसज्दघ्नञ्मात्रचः P. V.2.37 and Kasika thereon which remarks that द्वयस and दघ्न are applied in the sense of height, while मात्र is applied in the sense of any measure: cf. प्रथमश्च द्वितीयश्च ऊर्ध्वमाने मतौ मम Kas. on P. V.2.37.

मात्रा (1) measure, quantity ; cf भवति हि तत्र या च यावती च अर्थमात्रा M. Bh. on P.I.2.45 and II.1.1 ; (2) mora, prosodial unit of one instant i.e. the length of time required to pronounce a short vowel: cf. भूयसी मात्रा इवर्णोवर्णयोः, अल्पीयसी अवर्णस्य, M.Bh. on I.1.48 Vart. 4: cf. मात्रा ह्रस्वस्तावद- वग्रहान्तरं, द्वे दीर्धः,तिस्रः प्लुत उच्यते स्वरः