आर्ध _ārdha

आर्ध a. (Only used at the beginning of comp.) Half.

-Comp. -धातुक a. (

-की f.) (In gram.) appli- cable to half the root or to the shorter form of the verbal base. (

-कम्) a name given to those terminations and affixes which belong to the six non-conjugational or general tenses (opp. सार्व. धातुक); cf. P.III.4.114,I.1.4; II.4,35;VII.2.35 &c.

-नारीश्वरम् The story of the lord Śiva in his form as अर्धनारीश्वर.

-प्रस्थिक, -कंसिक a. (

-की f.) bought with half a Prastha or Kaṁsa.

-मासिक a. (

-की f.) lasting for half a month, observing or practising (penance &c.) for a fortnight.

-रात्रिकाः (pl.) N. of an astronomical school who reckoned the beginning of the motions of the planets from midnight.