पुटमेतत् सुपुष्टितम्
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letters or the alphabet. The words अक्षरराशि, ब्रह्मराशि and अक्षरसमाम्नाय are also used in the same sense.

रिक् an augment added optionally with रुक् and रीक् to the reduplica- tive syllable of the frequentative root from a primitive root which ends in ऋ or has a penultimate ऋ; e. g. चरिकर्ति, नरिनर्ति भरिभ्रत् etc.; cf. रुग्रिकौ च लुकि, P.VII. 4.9l and ऋतश्च VII.4.92.

रिङ् substitute रि for a verbal base ending in ऋ before श (the sign of the 6th conj.) यक् (sign of the pass. voice) and a लिङ् affix beginning with य which is not a Sārvadhātuka affix; e. g. अाद्रियते, क्रियते, क्रियात्; cf. रिङ् शयग्लिङ्क्षु P.VII.4.28.

रित् (1) characterized by the mute consonant र् signifying the acute accent for the penultimate vowel;cf. उपोत्तमं रिति P. VI. I. 217; ( 2 ) the same as रिफित or रेफि, a visarga which is changeable into र् when euphonically combined; cf. विसर्जनीयो रिफितः V.Pr.I.160; cf. also भाव्युपधं च रिद्विसर्जनीयान्तानि रेफेण ; V.Pr. VII.9. The terms रिफित, रेफि and रित् are given in the Padapatha to a पद or word which ends in a Visarga which has originated from र् in the Samhitapatha; e. g. the Visarga in कः, प्रात: etc.; cf. R.Pr.I.30 to 32.

रिफित (1) a Visarga in the Padapatha which has originated from र् in the Samhita-patha; (2) a word or pada which has got a रिफित at its end; cf. क:, स्व: प्रातः etc. (which in the Samhitapatha are कर् , स्वर् , प्रातर् etc.;) cf. R.Pr. I.30 to 36 V.Pr.IV. 18.192.

रिल् tad. affix रि added optionally with रिष्टात् to the word ऊर्ध्व which becomes changed into उप; e.g.उपरि, उपरिष्टात् ; cf. ऊर्ध्वस्य उपभावो रिल्रिष्टातिलौ च P.V.3.31 Vart. 1.

रिष्टातिल् tad. affix रिष्टात् added to ऊर्ध्व; see रिल्.

रीक् augment री added optionally with रुक् and रिक् to the reduplicative syll- able ( अभ्यास ) of the frequentative base of roots having ऋ as their penultimate vowel; e.g. वरीवृश्च्यते वरीवृश्चीति, नरीनर्ति, चरीकर्ति; cf रीगृदुपधस्य च P.VII. 4.90.

रीङ् substitute री for the vowel ऋ at the end of a base ( अङ्ग ) before the affix च्चि as also before य which does not belong to a krt or Sarva- dhatuka affix; e.g. मात्रीभूतः, मात्रीयते; cf. रीङ् ऋतः P.VII.4.27.

रु (1) substitute र् for the consonant स् at the end of a word as also for the ष् of सजुत्र् , न् of अहन् and option- ally with र् for the final स् of अम्नस्, ऊधस् and अवस् in Veda; e.g. अग्निरत्र, वायुरत्र, सजूर्देवोभिः cf. P.VIII.2.66; the र् of this रु (as contrasted with the substitute र् which see above) is further changed into उ before a soft consonant and before the vowel अ provided it is preceded by the vowel अ, while र् , prescribed as substitute र (which see above), remains unchanged; e g. शिवोर्च्यः, शिवो वन्द्य: as contrasted with अहरत्र, अहर्गण:; (2) substitute र् for the final ज् of अवयज् (e. g, अवयाः), for ह् of श्वेतवह् (e.g. श्वेतवाः), and for श् of पुरोडाश् (e.g. पुगेडा:) before the case affix सु ; cf.P.VIII.4.67;(3)substitute र् (or द्) for the final स् or द् of a verb-form ending with the personal ending सिप् of the 2nd pers. sing; cf. P. VIII.2.74,75;(4)substitute र् for the final न् of words ending with the affix मत् or वस् in Veda; e.g. मरुत्व: हरिवः ; cf. Kas. on P.VIII.3.1; (5) substitute र् for the final न् at the end of a word when it is followed by a छव् letter i.e. the first or a second consonant excepting ख् and