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मध्यमपदलोप (madhyamapadalopa)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
मध्यमपदलोप madhyamapadalopa
m.
omission of the middle member of a compound
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मध्यम—पद—लोप
m.
the omission of the middle member of a compound (as in, शाक-पार्थिव, the king of the era, for साकप्रिय-पार्थिव, the king dear to the era),
Vām.
v, 2, 16
Abhyankara Grammar
English
मध्यमपदलोप lit. the dropping of the middle word or member ( of a compound generally) as for instance in शाकपार्थिक for शाकप्रियपार्थिव
the word मध्यमपदलोप is also used in the sense of a compound. The compounds which have the middle word dropped are enumerated by the Vārttikakāra under the Vārttika शाकपार्थिवादीनां मध्यमपदलेापश्च Bh. Vṛ. II.1.60 Vārt.
cf also Kāt. II.6.30.