a. (tī f.) Leaving, aban- doning. Comp. lakṣaṇā, svārthā a kind of lakṣaṇā (also called lakṣaṇalakṣaṇā) in which a word loses its primary sense, but is used in one which is in some way connected with the primary [Page0510-b+ 57] sense; e. g. in the familiar instance gaṃgāyāṃ ghoṣaḥ ‘a hamlet on the Ganges,’ gaṃgā loses its primary sense and means gaṃgātaṭa; cf. ajahatsvārthā also.

2. irony.