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ताथाभाव्य (tAthAbhAvya)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
ताथाभाव्य
mfn.
 (fr. तथा-भाव) a
N.
 for the Svarita accent put after an Ava-graha between two Udātta syllables,
VPrāt.
 i, 120
MāṇḍŚ.
 vii, 10.
Monier Williams 1872
English
ताथाभाव्य ताथाभाव्य, अस्, आ, अम् (fr. तथा-
भाव), a N. for the Svarita accent at the end of the
first member of a compound when an Udātta syllable
immediately follows, (the low-sounding vowel in such
a position cannot strictly be called either Svarita or
Anudātta-tara, and a new name is therefore given
to it
this may often happen in the case of two
separate words, but the vowel is then called An-
udātta-tara.)
Abhyankara Grammar
English
ताथाभाव्य name given to the grave (अनुदात्त) vowel which is अवग्रह i.e. which occurs at the end of the first member of a compound and which is placed between two acute vowels i.e. is preceded by and followed by an acute vowel
e.g. तनूSनप्त्रे, तनूSनपत्: cf. उदाद्यन्तो न्यवग्र- हस्ताथाभाव्यः । V.Pr.I.120. The tath- abhavya vowel is recited as a kampa ( कम्प )
cf. तथा चोक्तमौ- ज्जिहायनकैर्माध्यन्दिनमतानुसारिभिः- 'अवग्रहो यदा नीच उच्चयॊर्मध्यतः क्वचित् । ताथाभाव्यो भवेत्कम्पस्तनूनप्त्रे निदर्शनम्'. Some Vedic scholars hold the view that the ताथाभाव्य vowel is not a grave ( अनुदात्त ) vowel, but it is a kind of स्वरित or circumflex vowel. Strictly according to Panini "an anudatta following upon an udatta becomes Svarita": cf. P.VIII.4.66, V.Pr. IV. 1.138: cf also R.Pr.III. 16.