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