[sphuṭ karaṇe ghañ] 1 Break- ing forth, splitting open, bursting.

2 Disclosure; as in narmasphoṭa.

3 A swelling, boil, tumour; ayamaparo gaṃḍa- syopari sphoṭaḥ Mu. 5.

4 The idea which bursts out or flashes on the mind when a sound is ut- tered, the impression produced on the mind at hearing a sound; budhairvaiyākaraṇaiḥ pradhānabhūtasphoṭarūpavyaṃgya- vyaṃjakasya śabdasya dhvaniriti vyavahāraḥ kṛtaḥ K. P. 1,...