പ്രശ്ലേഷം

Etymology
From. means "to join" or "merge". praśleṣa means "joining well". It became praślēṣaṃ as it denotes the joining of the letter അ.

Noun

 * 1) The symbol ഽ used in Malayalam for avagraha.
 * Used to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Malayalam.