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आतिशायिक (AtizAyika)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
आतिशायिक
mfn.
expressing ascending gradation,
Pat.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
आतिशायिक
वि* - अतिशय+ ठक्
"अतिप्रचुर, बहुत अधिक"
Abhyankara Grammar
English
आतिशायिक a tad-affix in the sense of excellence
a term applied to the affixes तम and इष्ठ as also तर and ईयस् prescribed by Pāṇini by the rules अतिशायने तमबिष्ठनौ and द्विवचन- विभज्योपपदे तरबीयसुनौ cf. P.V.3.55, 57. This superlative affix is seen doub- ly applied sometimes in Vedic Lit. eg.श्रेष्ठतमाय कर्मणे Yaj. Saṁ. I.1
cf. also तदन्ताच्च स्वार्थे छन्दसि दर्शनं श्रेष्ठतमायेति P.V.3.55 Vārt.3.