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Monier-Williams · sphoṭana
sphoṭana mfn. breaking or splitting asunder, crushing, destroying, removing Hariv. MārkP ‖ m. 'Crusher', N. of Śiva MBh ‖ (in gram.) 'divider', a kind of vocal sound audible between partic. conjunct consonants APrāt ‖ (ī), f. an instrument for splitting or cleaving, a gimlet, auger L ‖ (am), n. the act of breaking or tearing asunder &c. Āpast. Suśr. Pañcat ‖ winnowing grain &c. L ‖ shaking or waving (the arms) Sāh ‖ cracking (the fingers) Āpast ‖ (in gram.) the separation of certain conjunct consonants by the insertion of an audible vocal sound (cf. above) VPrāt