वि-सर्जनीय mfn. mfn. (
fr. वि-√ सृज्) to be sent forth or emitted &c.,
[W.] वि-सर्जन (
fr. ) See
व्रत-विसर्जनीयवि-सर्जनीय m. m. (
cf. वि-सर्ग above)
N. of a symbol in grammar (usually marked by two perpendicular dots [:] representing a hard and distinctly audible aspiration
; it generally, but not always, occurs at the end of a word, often taking the place of final
स् and
र्; it is called
विसर्जनीय either from its liability to be ‘rejected’ or from its being pronounced with a full ‘emission’ of breath, or from its usually appearing at the ‘end’ of a word or sentence;
Paṇḍits in some parts of India seem to pronounce a vowel after it,
e.g. नरः like
नरह,
अग्निः like
अग्निहि),
[Prāt.] ;
[Pāṇ. &c.]