स्फोटन n. (
-नं)
1. Tearing, rending.
2. The act of rending suddenly, splitting, cracking.
3. Fidgetting with the hand, cracking the finger-joints, snapping the fingers, &c.
4. Winnowing grain.
5. The separation of the letters of a double consonant.
m. (
-नः) Separated utterance of a close combination of consonants.
f. (
-नी) Adj. Disclosing, making clear.
f. (
-नी) A gimlet, an anger.
E. स्फुट् to open, (as a flower, &c.) causal form, aff.
ल्युट् .