विरामोऽवसानम्

Definition saṃjñā अवसानसंज्ञा

Absence of letters is called अवसान.

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Term / subject विरामः prathamā · ekavacanaTerm / subject prathamā · ekavacana

Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.

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विरामः

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The cessation or the absence of succeeding letters is called pause or अवसान।
The word avasana occurs in sutra 8.3.15 &c.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.