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					Gini,(poet.) [Vedic agni; this the aphetic form,arisen in a combn like mahāgni=mahā-gini,as against the usual assimilation aggi] fire A.III,347 (mahāgini); Sn.18,19 (āhito › nibbuto:made › extinguished); J.IV,26.‹-› Note.The occurrence of two phonetic representatives of one Vedic form (one by diæresis & one by contraction) is common in words containing a liquid or nasal element (l.r.n; cp.note on gala),e.g.supina & soppa (Sk.svapna),abhikkhaṇa and abhiṇha (abhīkṣṇa),silesuma & semha (śleṣman) gaḷagaḷa & gaggara (gargara),etc.(Page 250)