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अर्धे n. ind. in the middle, [Śāk.] (
अर्ध in comp. with a subst. means ‘the half part of anything’ [cf. [Pāṇ. 2-2, 2] ], with an adj. or past Pass. p. [cf. [Pāṇ. 5-4, 5] ] ‘half’; also with an adj. indicating measure [cf. [Pāṇ. 7-3, 26 and 27] ]; a peculiar kind of compound is formed with ordinals [cf. [Pāṇ. 1-1, 23] Comm. ] e.g. अर्ध-तृतीय, containing a half for its third, i.e. two and a half; अर्ध-चतुर्थ, having a half for its fourth, three and a half.)
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