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applied to prefixes in Vedic Litera- ture without any sense of its own ; e.g यदुद्वतो निवतो याति बप्सत्; cf. उपसर्गा- च्छन्दसि धात्वर्थे P.V. 1. 118.

वतिनिर्देश specific statement by putt- ing the word वत् for the sake of extended application ( अतिदेश); e.g. ब्राह्मणवदधीते; cf. स तर्हि वतिनिदेश: कर्तव्यः । न ह्यन्तरेण वतिमातदेशो गम्यते । M.Bh.on P. I.1.23 Vart. 4.

वती the possessive affix वत् ( मतुप् ) with fem. ई added; cf. विश्वदेव्यसोमौ वत्याम् ( दीर्धमापद्येते ) V.Pr.III.117.

वतु or वतुप् tad. affix वत् applied to the pronouns यत्, तद्, एतद् , क्रिम् and इदम् in the sense of measurement; e.g, यावान् , तावान् , एतावान् , कियान् । इयान् , कीवान् ;cf. यत्तदेतेभ्यः परिमाणे वतुप्, किमिदंभ्यां वो घ: P. V. 2.39,40.Words ending with this affix वतु are designated संख्या: cf. बहुगणवतुडति संख्या P.I.1.23.

वनमालिन् a grammarian of the seventeenth century who wrote a commentary named मतोन्मजा on Kondabhatta's vaiyakarana- bhusana and a grammar work named सिद्धान्ततत्वविवेक.

वनस्पत्यादि a class of compound words headed by वनस्पति which retain the original accent of the members of the compound, as for example, in the compound word वनस्पति both the words वन and पति have got their initial vowel अ accented acute; cf Kas.on P.VI.2.140.

वनिप् krt affix वन् applied in the sense of agent in Vedic literature to a root ending in अा and in spoken language to any root where forms are seen;e.g.भूरिदावा, विजावा;cf. अातो मनिन्क्वनिब्वनिपश्च । अन्येभ्योपि दृश्यते P. III. 2. 74, 75

वय tad. affix वय applied to the word दु in the sense of मान (a peculiar product); e.g. द्रुवयम्; cf. माने वय: P. IV. 3.162.

वर or वरच् krt affix वर applied to the roots स्था, ईश्, भास्, पिस् and कस्,as also to the intensive base of या in the sense of a habituated agent; e. g. स्थावर, ईश्वर, यायावर etc. cf. स्थेशभास- पिसकसो वरच् । यश्च यडः P. III. 2. 175, 176.

वरणादि a class of words headed by वरण which have the taddhita affix elided, if it is added to them in the four senses mentioned in P.IV.2.67-70; cf. वरणानामदूरभवं नगरं वरणाः । कटुकबदर्या अदूरभवो ग्रामः कटुकबदरी । cf. Kas. on P.IV.2.82.

वरदराज a scholar of grammar and a pupil of Bhattoji Diksita who flo- urished in the end of the seven- teenth century and wrote abridg- ments of the Siddhanta-kaumudi for beginners in grammar named लघुसिद्धान्तकौमुदी and मध्यसिद्धान्तकौमुदी as also धातुकारिकावली and गीर्वाणपदमञ्जरी. The work under the name सार- सिद्धान्तकौमुदी, which is the shortest abridgment, is, in fact, the लघु- सिद्धान्तकौमुदी itself. It is possible that the auother first prepared the सार- सिद्धान्तकौमुदी and then, he himself or a pupil of his, put additional necessary matter and prepared the Laghusiddhanta-kaumudi.

वररुचि (1) a reputed ancient gra- mmarian who is identified with Katyayana, the prominent author of the Varttikas on the Sutras of Panini. Both the names वररुचि and कात्यायन are mentioned in commen- tary works in connection with the Varttikas on the Sutras of Panini, and it is very likely that Vararuci was the individual name of the scholar, and Katyayana his family name. The words कात्य and कात्यायन are found used in Sloka varttikas in the Mahabhasya on P.III.2.3 and III.2.118 where references made are actually found in the prose