avagraha

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit अवग्रह (avagraha).

Noun

avagraha (plural avagrahas)

  1. A symbol (ऽ) used in the Devanagari script and other Indian scripts, used to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Sanskrit.

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