Varga, group: grouping of consonants according to some common quality, e.g. ka- varga, pa-varga. [13, 14] Vibhakti: common term for the case endings used for nouns and adjectives (sup- vibhakti), as well as the personal endings for verbs (tin-vibhakti) . [32] Virama, stop: (1) symbol 'J indicates a consonant without a following vowel. [53] (2) symbol T indicates the end of a half- verse or end of a sentence. [63] Visesana, adjective: it has the same case, number, and gender as the noun that it qualifies. [65, 75] Visarga, 'emission': unvoiced breath after a vowel. [6, 73] Visarga Sandhi: euphonic changes arising with the visarga. [85] Visarjanlya, 'emitted': unvoiced breath after a vowel; synonymous with vis- arga. [6, 22, 63] Vrddhi, 'increase': strengthened form of vowels. [78, 101] Vyanjana, 'embellishment': general name for any consonant. [1, 103] Vyadhikarana Tatpurusa Samasa: de- terminative compound which, if dissolved, the members would have different case endings. [88] Sakti: name applied to the first sixteen sounds of the Sanskrit alphabetical order. [6] Sas, six: the cardinal number; the figure six. [64] SasthT Vibhakti, sixth case: genitive affix to nouns and adjectives. [38, 51] Samyoga, 'bound together': a conjunct consonant; consonants not having a sepa- rating vowel or pause. [53] Samjna, proper noun: personal or place name, technical terms whose meanings cannot be etymologically derived. [75] Sandhi, 'placed together': the system of euphonic changes that arise when sounds are uttered in proximity; it is the tendency to ease of pronunciation. [77-81, 85-87] Sandhi Vigraha, 'separation of sandM: removal of the sandhi between words in a sentence so that the words stand separately. [86] Sandhyaksara, compound vowel: general name for e ai o au. [4] Saptan, seven: the cardinal number; the figure seven. [64] SaptamT Vibhakti, seventh case: locative suffix to nouns and adjectives. [38, 51] Samanadhikarana Tatpurusa Samasa: determinative compound which, if dissolved, the members would have different case endings. [88] Samasa, 'placed together': a compound word. [83,94] Samahara Dvandva Samasa: copulative compound whose members are taken collec- tively as a unit; the compound is treated as a neuter singular noun. [88] Samprasarana: the process whereby an antahstha is replaced by a simple vowel. [81] Sambodhana, calling, addressing: case ending of nouns and adjectives, variation of prathamd-vibhakti. [38, 51] Sarva-naman, 'name of all': pronoun. [75] Savarna, homophonic: categories of sounds having the same mouth position and 'inner effort'. [63] Sup- vibhakti: case endings used for nouns and adjectives. [26] StrT-linga, feminine: one of the three grammatical genders. [26, 50, 65] Sthana, 'position': the various mouth positions used in uttering vowels and consonants. [13]
