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अर्धमात्रिक (ardhamAtrika)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अर्ध—मात्रिक
mfn.
(= मात्र
mfn.
) having the quantity of half a short syllable Comm. on
VPrāt.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
अर्धमात्रिक taking for its utterance the time measured by the utterance of half a mātrā or mora
a conso- nant, as it requires for its utte- rance that time which is measured by half a mātrā (mātrā being the time required for the utterance of short अ)
cf. R. Pr. I.16, T. Pr.I.37, V. Pr. I.59.