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अदेङ् गुणः
Definition saṃjñā गुणसंज्ञा
The letters अ, ए and ओ are called 'गुण'.
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Term / subject अत्- prathamā · ekavacanaTerm / subject prathamā · ekavacana
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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अ, ए and ओ are called गुण।
Each one of the letters अ, ए and ओ whether radical or secondary is called a guna letter; as the initial vowels in the following:- अर्त्ति,"he moves"; एति "he comes", ओखति "he goes." Here the initial vowels of the roots ऋ, इ, and उख् have been respectively gunated into अर्, ए, and ओ before the third person singular termination ति.
The term Guna occurs in sutras like मिदेर्गुणः 7.3.82. "Let there be guna substitute for the ik of the root मिद् "to melt."
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.