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मण्डूकगति (maNDUkagati)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
मण्डूकगति maNDUkagati
adj.
leaping like a frog i.e. skipping several sUtras
मण्डूकगति maNDUkagati
f.
gait of a frog
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मण्डूक—गति
f.
the gait of a frog (-लालस
mfn.
ardently desiring the gait of a frog),
Pañcar.
मण्डूक—गति
mfn.
(in
gram.
) leaping like a frog i.e. skipping several Sūtras,
Pat.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
मण्डूकगति lit.the gait of a frog
jump
the continuation of a word from a preceding Sūtra to the following Sūtra or Sūtras in the manner of a frog by omitting one or more Sūtras in the middle
the word मण्डूकप्लुति is also used in the same sense especially by later grammarians
cf. अथवा मण्डूकगतयोधिकाराः | यथा मण्डूका उत्प्लुत्योत्प्लुत्य गच्छन्ति तद्वदधिकाराः || M. Bh. on P.I.1.3 Vārt.2, II. 3.32, II. 4.34, VI.1.16, VI.3.49, VII. 2.117.