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the six case-relations written by a scholar of grammar named श्रीमणिकण्ठ.

षट्कारकनिरूपण a work dealing with the six kinds of instruments of the verbal activity ( karakas ) written by Trilokanatha.

षट्कारकबालबोधिनी a short work in verses on the six case-relations written by a grammarian Prabhu- dasa who has added his own commentary to it.

षट्कारकलक्षण a small work in verses on the six case-relations ascribed to Amarasimha, but very likely the author was Amaracandra a Jain grammarian of the fifteenth cen- tury. The work is also named षट्कारकविवरण.

षट्कारकविचारan anonymous small treatise on the six case-relations in verse-form with a commentary.

षट्कारकविवेचनa small treatise on the six case-relations written by a grammarian Bhavananda who held the title Siddhāntavagisa.

षडिकप्रस्ताव a popular name given by grammarians to the topic of grammar which deals with the abbreviated popular forms of pro- per nouns which are names of persons, as for example the form षडिक for षडङ्गुलिदत्त; cf. ठाजादावूर्ध्वं द्वितीयादचः P. V. 3.83.

षड्गवच् lit. a collection of six cows; secondarily 'a collection of six animals or quadrupeds'. The word षड्गव was prescribed by later gra- mmarians as a tad-affix by means of a Vartika when they saw the the word षड्गव used in language after the word अश्व etc. e. g. अश्व- षड्गवम्; cf. प्रकृत्यर्थस्य षट्त्वे षङ्गवच् Kas. on P. V.2.29.

षड्भाषाचन्द्रिका a work on six dia- lects written by a Jain grammar-

ian लक्ष्मणसूरि.

षण् a term used instead of the desi- derative affix सन् prescribed by P. III. 1.5 to 7, especially when the स् of the affix is changed into ष् as for instance in तुष्टूषति etc.; cf. स्तौतेर्ण्यन्तानां षण्भूते च सनि परतः अभ्या- सादुत्तरस्य मूर्धन्यादेशो भवति Kas. on स्तौतिण्योरेव षण्यभासात् P. VIII.3.61.

षत्व change of the consonant स् into ष् in certain conditions in the formation of a word, or after pre- positions in the case of verbs beginning with स्. This cerebra- lization of स् was a peculiar pho- netic change which naturally occ- urred when स् in utterance came after a vowel excepting अ. Some of the Pratisakhya works have ex- haustively treated this change and Panini has also mentioned many rules in connection with it.

षष् ( षट् ) a technical term used in Panini's grammar for such nume- ral words ( संख्थाशब्द ) as end with ष् or न् e. g. षष्, पञ्चन्, सप्तन् etc.; cf. ष्णान्ता षट् P. I. 1.24.

षष्ठ a term used in connection with the sixth of the spirants viz. the Jivhamuliya letter cf. ऋकारल्कारावथ षष्ठ ऊष्मा R. Pr. I.18; the term is also used in the sense of the sixth vowel viz. ई. in the Rk. Prati- sakhya; cf. मुख्ये परे पञ्चमषष्ठयोश्च R. Pr. II. 29.

षष्ठी the sixth case; the genitive case. This case is generally an ordinary case or विभक्ति as contrasted with कारकविभक्ति. A noun in the geni- tive case shows a relation in gene- ral, with another noun connected with it in a sentence. Commen- tators have mentioned many kinds of relations denoted by the geni- tive case and the phrase एकशतं षष्ठ्यर्थाः (the genitive case has