A technical term used by Pāṇini to denote the Potential and Benedictive moods or their termina- tions (the two moods being dis- tinguished as vidhiliṅ and āśīrliṅ).

(in gram.) N. of the terminations of the Potential and Precative Moods or N. of those Moods themselves (the Precative being usually distinguished by the fuller term liṅ āśiṣi, or āśir-lin; cf. under 1. la). 116345 901,3 182471 m. explanation of the sense of Lin3 liṅ, N. of grammatical treatises. 116346 901,3 182472 m. explanation of the sense of Lin3 liṅ, N. of grammatical treatises. 116347 901,3 182473