प्रातिशाख्य

{ prātiśākhya }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

PRĀTIŚĀKHYA   See under Kramapāṭha.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्राति—शाख्य  n.  n. ( fr. -शाखम्) a treatise on the peculiar euphonic combination and pronunciation of letters which prevails in different शाखाs of the वेदs (there are 4 P° one for the शाकल-शाखा of the [RV.]; two for particular शाखाs of the black and white यजुर्-वेदs, and one for a शाखा of the [AV.]; cf. [IW. 149, 150])

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Shabda-Sagara

प्रातिशाख्य  n.  ( -ख्यं) A grammatical treatise teaching the phonetic changes that the words in any particular Vedic Shākhā undergo.