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विहितस्य विशेषविहितेन वाधः; M.Bh. on P.II.1.24; cf also M.Bh. on P.III. 1.94 Vārt.10, III.2.77 etc.

विशेष्य substantive, as opposed to विशेषेण adjective or qualifying; cf. भेदकं विशेषणम्,भेद्यं विशेष्यम् Kāś. on P. II.1.57; cf. also विशेषणविशेष्यभावो विवक्षानिबन्धनः Kāś. on P.II.1.36.

विश्रम्भ relaxation, a characteristic of the grave accent, as contrasted with अायाम which characterizes the acute accent; cf. उदात्तश्चानुदात्तश्च स्वरितश्च त्रयः स्वराः । आयामविश्रम्भाक्षेपैस्त उच्यन्तेSक्षराश्रयाः । विश्रम्भः अधोगमनं गात्राणाम् Uvvaṭa on R.Pr.III.1.विश्रम्भ is the same as अन्ववसर्ग which is ex- plained in the Mahābhāṣya as अन्ववसर्गो गात्राणां शिथिलता. M. Bh. on P. I.2.29,30.

विश्रान्तविद्याधर name of a grammar work of a general type which once occupied a prominent posi- tion and was studied as a text book of grammar, representing an independent system. The work is referred to by Hemacandra and Haribhadra. It is attributed to Vāmana who may be the same as one of the joint writers of the Kāśikāvṛtti. In that case the date of the work is the 7th century A. D.;cf. the popular verse परेत्र पाणिनी- यज्ञाः केचित्कालपकोविदाः । एके विश्रान्तविद्याः स्युरन्ये संक्षिप्तसारकाः quoted in Vol.VII p. 388 Vyākaraṇa Mahābhāṣya D.E. Society's edition.

विश्लेष separation of vowels that are in coalescence; showing separately the two vowels that are combined together in the Saṁhitā Text. The term is contrasted with प्रश्लेष which is the same as एकादेश in the termi- nology of Pāṇini.

विश्वकर्मशास्त्री name of a grammarian who wrote a commentary सत्प्रकिया- व्याकृति on the Prakriyā-kaumudī.

विश्वनाथदण्डिभट्ट a well-known gra- mmarian of the nineteenth century who wrote several commentary works of which the commentaries on the two Śekharas of Nāgeśa are well-known to scholars.

विश्वरूप a grammarian of the sixteenth century who has written a small grammar treatise called विश्वरूप- निबन्ध.

विश्वेश्वरतीर्थ a grammarian who has written a gloss on the Siddhānta- kaumudī.

विषमपदव्याख्या or विषमी (1) a critical commentary on Nāgeśa's Laghu- śabdenduśekhara written by Rāg- havendrācārya Gajendragadkar of Satara who lived in the first half of the nineteenth century and who has also written a gloss named त्रिपथगा on the Paribhāṣenduśe- khara; (2) name of a commentary on Nāgeśa's Paribhāṣenduśekhara by Cidrūpāśraya; (3) name of a commentary on Sīradeva's Pari- bhāṣāvṛtti.

विषमरागता incorrect nasalization, mentioned as a fault of pronun- ciation; cf. संदष्टता विषमरागता च । R. Pr. XIV. 4.

विषय domain; province; cf. प्रकल्प्य चापवादविषयं तत उत्सर्गोभिनिविशते । Par. Śek. Pari. 63.

विषयता being a subject of discussion of; coming under the domain of, applicability; the meaning of विषयसप्तमी which is similar to विवक्षा.

विषयविषयिभाव relation between the object and thc subject; cf. प्रतिलक्ष्यं लक्षणभेदादस्ति विषयविषयिभावः Kaiyaṭa on P. VI. 4. 101 Vārt.2.

विषयसप्तमी locative case denoting the domain or province of a particular suffix or a substitute or the like, which could be actually applied later on; this विषयसप्तमी is contrast