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वृत्तिपक्ष
वृद्धिपाद
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written by a grammarian Krisna- bhatta surnamed Mauni.

वृत्तिपक्ष the alternative method of speaking by the use of compound words as contrasted with simple words; both the methods are observed in use among the people; cf. इह द्वौ पक्षौ वृत्तिपक्षश्चावृत्तिपक्षश्च । स्वभाव- तश्चैतद् भवति वाक्यं च समासश्च । M.Bh.on P.II.1.1,II.1.51, III.1.7,IV.1. 82.

वृत्तिपरिगणन a definite enumeration of words used in a specific sense (as contrasted with वर्तिपरिगणन) which means a definite enumeration of the senses in which an operation, such as a compound-formation or so,takes place; cf. अथैतस्मिन्सति अन- भिधाने यदि वृत्तिपरिगणनं क्रियते, वर्तिपरिगणनमपि कर्तव्यम्; cf M. Bh. on P. II. 2.24 Vart. 16.

वृतिसंग्रह name of a gloss on Panini's Astadhyayi written by Ramacandra.

वृत्तिसमवाय serial arrangement of letters in a specific way (as for instance in the Mahesvara Sutras) for the sake of grammatical fun- ctions; cf. वृत्तिसमवायार्थं उपदेशः । वृत्तिः शास्त्रप्रवृत्तिः। समवायॊ वर्णानामानुपूर्व्येण सांनवेशः M. Bh. on Ahnika I.

वृत्तिसमुद्देश name given to the last of the fourteen sections of the third chapter of Bhartrhari's Vakya- padiya (viz. the संकीर्णकाण्ड ) in which the taddhita affixes and their interpretations are discussed.

वृत्तिसूत्र a rule forming the basis of a vrtti, i. e. a rule on which glosses are written, as contrasted with वार्तिकसूत्र or वार्तिक a pithy Sutralike statement composed as an addition or a modification of the original Sutra; cf. केचित्ताव- दाहुर्यद् वृत्तिसूत्रे इति । संख्ययाव्ययासन्नादूराधि- कसंख्याः संख्येये ( P. II. 2.25 ) इति । M। Bh. on P. II. 2. 24.

वृद्ध (1) a term used in Paninis gra- mmar for such words or nouns (प्रातिपदिक) which have for their first vowel a vrddhi vowel, i. e. either अा or ऐ or अौ; e.g. शाला, माला etc.; cf. वृद्धिर्यस्य अचामादिस्तद् वृद्धम्; (2) a term applied to the eight pronouns headed by त्यत् for pur- poses of the addition of tad. affixes prescribed for the Vrddha words, such as छ by वृद्धाच्छः P. IV.2.114; (3) a term applied to words having ए or ओ as the first vowel in them, provided such words denote dis- tricts of Eastern India, e. g. गोनर्द, भोजकट etc. cf. एङ् प्राचां देशे, P.I.1.73, 74 and 75; (4) a term used in the Pratisakhya works for a protracted vowel (प्लुत) which has three matras; cf. तिस्रॊ वृद्धम् R. T.44.

वृद्धि (1) a technical term used by Panini to denote the vowels अा, ऐ and औः a vowel belonging to the third grade out of the three grades of vowels which are known as zero, normal and long grades; cf, वृद्धिरादैच् P I. 1.1: (2) lengthening completely of a vowel which is called प्लुति in grammar; the term is used in the Rk Tantra Pratisakhya in this sense.

वृद्धिनिमित्त lit. cause of Vrddhi (वृद्धेर्नि- मित्तम्) such as the employment of the indicatory letter ञ् or ण् in an affix or the lettter क् in tad.affixes; the term is, however, found used in the sense of having in it a cause of Vrddhi, i.e. an indicatory letter ञ्, ण् or क्.; cf. वृद्धिनिमित्तस्य च तद्धितस्यारक्तविकारे P. VI. 3.39. cf. वृद्धेर्निमित्तं यस्मिन्स वृद्धिनिमित्तः M. Bh. on P. I. 1.1.

वृद्धिपाद name given to the first pada of Panini's Astadhyayi by gramm- arians, as the beginning of the pada is made by the Sutra वृद्धिरादैच्.