On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians, their Place in the Sanskrit and Subordinate Literatures c5.121

c5.121

Lopa. Pāṇini (i., 1, 69) says: “adarśanam lopaḥ”. This is really a new definition, or rather the first; for, elsewhere, the word is simply used in its ordinary sense without explanation. It evidently refers to written symbols, and Pāṇini was probably the first grammarian who wrote his treatise. He also uses some new terms—lu and luk, lup, ḷu.