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पञ्चालपदवृत्ति (paJcAlapadavRtti)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
पञ्चाल—पद-वृत्ति
f.
(prob.) a kind of hiatus,
L.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
पञ्चालपदवृत्ति the usage or the me- thod of the Pañcālas
the eastern method of euphonic combinations, viz. the retention of the vowel after the preceding vowel which is substituted for the Visarga
e. g. यो अस्मै
cf. R. Pr. II. 12
T. Pr. XI. 19. This vowel which is retained, is pro- nounced like a short or अर्ध- ओकार by the followers of the Sātyamugri and Rāņāyaniya bran- ches of the Sāmavedins
cf. com- mentary on T. Pr. XI. 19 as also M. Bh. Āhnika 1.