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ed with परसप्तमी when the thing mentioned in the locative case is required to be present in front; cf. असति पौर्वापर्ये विषयसप्तमी विज्ञास्यते M. Bh. on P. II. 4.35; cf. also अार्ध- धातुके इति विषयसप्तमी Kāś, on P.II. 4.35; cf. also M. Bh. on P. III. 1.26 and IV. 1.90.

विषयार्थ meant for showing the pro- vince or domain of the application of a particular rule; cf. तत्रग्रहृणं (in तत्रोपपदं सप्तमीस्थम्) विषयार्थम् M. Bh. on P. III.1.92 Vārt.6.

विष्णुपण्डित a grammarian belong- ing to the famous Śeṣa family of grammarians, who has written a small treatise on Paribhāṣā or maxims of interpretation which he has named परिभाषाप्रक्राश.

विष्णुभदृ ( विष्णुशास्त्री भट ) a scholar of grammar of the latter half of the nineteenth century who has written learned commentaries on the works of Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa, two of which viz. चिच्चन्द्रिका and विष्णुभट्टी are well known to scholars.

विष्णुभट्टी name given to the commen- tary on the Paribhāṣenduśekhara written by Viṣṇubhaṭṭa. See विष्णु- भट्ट् above.

विष्णुमित्र a Vedic scholar who wrote a gloss on the Ṛk-Prātiśākhya which is known as पार्षदव्याख्या.

विष्णुमिश्र a scholar of the Supadma system of grammar who has written a commentary named मकरन्द on the सुपद्मव्याकरण and also a commentary on the सुपद्मसमाससंग्रह.

विसर्ग aspiration, leaving of the breath generally at the comple- tion of the utterance of a word when there is a pause; the term विसर्जनीय was in use in ancient times. Although not mentioned in his alphabet by Pāṇini, this Phonetic element, visarga, is looked 43

upon as a letter; it is mentioned as one of the letters in the Śikṣā and the Prātiśākhya works and Patañjali has advised its inclusion in the alphabet. As visarga cannot be found in use indepen- dently of another letter (which is any vowel after which it occurs) it is called अयोगवाह.

विसर्जनीय same as विसर्ग which see above; cf. विसृज्यते पुनर्वर्णैर्न संबध्यते इति विसर्गः; Durgasiṁha on Kat. I. 1. 16. The term विसृष्ट is also used in the same sense. The visar- janīya has the same position (स्थान) in the mouth as the vowel after which it occurs. It is a glottal sound; the Ṛk-Prātiśākhya says that some scholars describe visar- janīya as a chest sound; cf. कण्ठयो- कार: प्रथमपञ्चमौ च द्वावूष्माणौ केचिदेतावुरस्यौ । R. Pr. I 18; cf. also उरसि विसर्जनीयो वा R. T. 3.

विसृष्ट the same as Visarjanīya or Visarga, which see above.

विस्थान belonging to a position of ut- terance (स्थान) other than the one assigned,or referred to; cf. विस्थाने स्पर्श उदये मकार; R. Pr. IV. 3.

विस्पष्ट clear and correct; the term is used in connection with the pronunciation of Vedic words; cf. यथो एतत् । अविस्पष्टार्था भवन्तीति Nir. I. 16.

विस्पष्टादि a class of words headed by the word विस्पष्ट which retain their own accents in a compound when they are the first members of a compound, provided that any word of quality is the second member e. g. विस्पष्टकटुकम् । व्यक्तलवणम् where the words विस्पष्ट and व्यक्त are used in the sense of clear, referring to the different tastes; cf. Kāś. On P. VI. 2.24.