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सिच्, क्स, अङ् etc. are substituted as prescribed; (2) for लिट् and लिङ् affixes; e.g. मन्त्रे घसह्वरणशवृदहाद्- वृच्कृगमिजनिभ्यो ले: P.II.4.80.

लिङ् general term for the affixes call- ed लिङ् (optative) which includes the potential (विधिलिङ्) and the conditional (अाशीर्लिङ्) affixes; .cf. विधिनिमन्त्रणामन्त्रणाधीष्टसंप्रश्र्नप्रार्थनेषु लिङ् and अाशिषि लिङ्लोटौ P. III. 3.161 and 173.

लिङ्ग (1) sign or characteristic mark; generally the mute letter prefixed or suffixed to roots, affixes, or aug- ments and their substitutes with a specific purpose; cf. किंचिल्लिङ्गमासज्य वक्ष्यामि M. Bh.on I.1.1 Vārt.7, अवयवे कृतं लिङ्ग समुदायस्य विशेषकं भवति M. Bh. on P.I.3.62 Vārt. 5; (2) proof, evi- dence (प्रमाण); the word is often used in the Paribhāșendușekhara and other works in connection with a rule or part of a rule quot- ed as an evidence to deduce some general dictum or Paribhāșā; (3) gender; cf. लिङ्ग स्त्रीलिङ्गपुंलिङ्गनपुंसकानि Kāś. on P. II. 3. 46; cf. also प्रातिपदिकग्रहणे लिङ्गविशिष्टस्यापि ग्रहणम्. Par. Śek.Pari.71. The gender of a word in Sanskrit language does not depend on any specific properties of a thing; it simply depends on the current usage; cf. लोकाश्रयत्वाल्लिङ्गस्य which is often quoted in the Mahābhāsya; cf. M. Bh. on P. II. 1.36, II.2.29, II.4.12, IV. 1.3, V.3.66, V.4.68, VIII.1.15. For details see Mahābhāșya on P.IV.1. 3 where after a long enlightening discussion the definition संस्त्यानप्रसवौ लिङ्गम् is given.

लिङ्गनिर्णयभूषण a work on genders by a southern grammarian अण्णौयाचार्य.

लिङ्गवाचकप्रत्यय an affix such as अा, (टाप्, डाप्, चाप्) or ई (ङीप्, ङीष्, ङीन्) which is added to a masculine base; cf. P.IV. 1.3 to IV.1.77.

लिङ्गविशिष्टग्रहण inclusion of the femi- nine form of a word when a word in the masculine gender is used in a rule, for certain operations such as the application of affixes and the like; cf. the usual dictum rega- rding this practice viz. the Pari- bhāșā प्रातिपदिकग्रहणे लिङ्गविशिष्टस्यापि ग्रहणम् Par. Śek. Pari. 71. as also M. Bh. on P. IV. 1. 1 Vārt. 5 to Vārt, 15 for places of the application of the dictum and those of its rejection.

लिङ्गविशिष्टपरिभाषा the dictum to include the feminine form of a word when in a rule the word is used in the masculine gender : प्रातिपदिकग्रहणे लिङ्गविशिष्टस्यापि ग्रहणम् Par. Śek. Pari. 71. See लिङ्ग- विशिष्टग्रहण.

लिङ्गव्यत्यय transposition of genders, as noticed often in Vedic language; e. g. मधोर्गृह्लाति or मधोस्तृप्ताः for मधुन:; cf. M.Bh. on P. I. 4.9.

लिङ्गानुशासन lit. science of genders; a short comprehensive old treatise on the gender of words attributed to Pāņini as its author. Other works with the same designation are att- ributed to वामन, दुर्गोत्तम and others.

लिङ्गानुशासनटीका name of a commen- tary on Pāņini's लिङ्गानुशासन; some commentaries of this kind are the लिङ्गार्थचन्द्रिका by सुजनपण्डित,लिङ्गार्थ- चन्द्रिकाप्रकाश by चकोर, लिङ्गानुशासनटीका by दुर्गोत्तम and लिङ्गानुशासनटीका by तारानाथ.

लिङ्गार्थचन्द्रिका see लिङ्गानुशासनटीका.

लिङ्प्रत्ययार्थ sense of the optative and the potential moods given or expressed by affixes under the common name लिङ् prescribed by P III. 3.161, 164, 173.

लिट् an affix of the perfect tense; cf. परोक्षे लिट् P.III.2.115 for which the specific affixes णल्, अतुस् उस् etc. are substituted after roots which take Parasmaipada affixes. Before the lit