which is fixed three steps eastward from a large post that
stands before the āhavanīya (q. v.) fire in the fore part of
the prācīnavaṃśa (q. v.), and which thus comes to be placed
in the middle between the aiṣṭikavedi q. v. and the mahāvedi.
2 (In vaidik grammar.) A technical name for that Sandhi,
which, according to some grammarians requires, the in-
sertion of a k between a final ṅ of one word and an initial
sibilant of a following one (as in arvāṅkchaśvattamam instead
of arvāṅ śaśvattamam or pratyaṅksa instead of pratyaṅ sa), of a
t between a final ṭ or n and an initial s (as in the aprāṭtsa
instead of aprāṭ sa or in tāntsam instead of tānsam), and of
a c between a final ñ and an initial ś (as in vajriñcchna-
thihi instead of vajriñśnathihi). E. antar and pāta.
1) adj. sich eindrängend, eingeschoben: te 'ntaḥpātāḥ (saṃdhayaḥ) ṚV. PRĀT. 4, 7.
— 2) ein in der Mitte der Opferstätte eingeschlagener Pflock ŚAT. BR. 3, 5, 1, 1. 2, 2.
— 1) ein in der Mitte der Opferstätte eingeschlagener Pflock.
— 2) Bez. eines best. Saṃdhi: Einschiebung eines Consonanten.