maḍyamapadalopa | मड्यमपदलोप | maDyamapadalopa
maḍyama—pada—lopa | मड्यम—पद—लोप | m. the omission of the middle member of a compound (as in, ṣāka-pārṭiva | षाक-पार्टिव |, the king of the era, for sākapriya-pārṭiva | साकप्रिय-पार्टिव |, the king dear to the era), Vām. v, 2, 16