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कण्वादि (kaNvAdi)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
कण्वादि
m.
N.
of a gaṇa,
Pāṇ.
iv, 2, 111.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
कण्वादि a class of words forming a portion of the class of words call- ed गर्गादि, and headed by the word कण्व, to the derivatives of which, formed by the afix यञ् by the rule गर्गादिभ्यो यञ् (P.IV.1.105) the affix अण् is added in the misce- llaneous senses
e.g. काण्वाः छात्राः
similarly गौकक्षाः, शाकलाः , अगस्तयः, कुण्डिनाः etc: cf. P.IV.2.111 and II. 4.70.