aspirate of ba. 093888 742,2 147497 m. the letter or sound bha. 093889 742,2 147498

(in gram.) N. of the weakest base of nouns (as opp. to pada and aṅga q.v.) i.e. of the base before the vowel terminations except in strong cases, before feminine suffixes, and before Taddhitas tadDita s beginning with vowels or y Pa1n2. 1-4, 18 &c 093890...

(in prosody) a dactyl. 093891 742,2 147500 f. N. of a metre Pin3g. Sch. 093892 742,2 147501