2. m. f. n. (-yaḥ-yī-yam) Principally consisting of,
having or containing much, cake. [Both meanings result
from the different interpretation of the commentators on
Pāṇ. V. 4. 21; in the first meaning the gender must be that
of apūpa. Prauḍhamanor.: prathamāntātprakṛte dyotye pratyayaḥ .
svārthikatvātprakṛtito liṅgam; but Bhaṭṭojid.'s opinion is at
the same time, that with this first interpretation of the affix
the word tat in the Sūtra of Pāṇini becomes meaningless:
‘asminpakṣe tadgrahaṇaṃ vyartham’, and he gets somewhat out of
temper when he speaks of an interpretation like that of the
Kāśikā which tries to make it plausible: (Kāśikā: taditi
prathamā samarthavibhaktiḥ . prācuryeṇa prastutaṃ prakṛtam . taditi pratha-
mā samarthātprakṛtopādhike'rthe vartamānātsvārthe mayaṭpratyayo
bhavati) viz. yattu prācoktaṃ taditi prathamā samarthātprācuryeṇa
prastutamatretyarthe mayaṭ syāditi . yacca vyācakhyuḥ . prācuryeṇetyā-
dipratyayārthaviśeṣaṇamiti . tatredaṃ vaktavyam . vācyārthatyāgānnyūna-
tā . adhikaraṇasya kriyāsākāṅkṣatvena tadadhyāhāre gauravaṃ ceti
mūle doṣaḥ . ṭīkāyāṃ tu prakṛtyarthe'tivaktavye pratyayārthe'tyuktiḥ .
rabhasakṛtā ākaraviruddhā cetyāstāṃ tāvat.] E. apūpa, taddh.
aff. mayaṭ.