1.1.22
तरप्तमपौ घः
Definition saṃjñā घसंज्ञा
The तरप् प्रत्यय and the तमप् प्रत्यय are known as 'घ'
Word by word (padaccheda)
Term / subject तरप्- तमपौ prathamā · dvivacanaTerm / subject prathamā · ekavacana
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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तरप्-
Commentary
The affixes तरप् and तमप् ae called घ।
This sutra defines घ affixes. They are two, तर and तम, the प् in them being इत्. The special use of these affixes will be described later on. These affixes are useful in forming the comparative and the superlative degrees respectively of adjectives, adverbs, &c. The base undergoes certain changes before these terminations, which will be treated of in its proper place.
Thus the words कुमारितरा and कुमारितमा are formed by adding the affixes तर and तम to the word or 'a girl,' whose long ई is shortened before these affixes by sutra 43 of the third chapter of the 6th Book.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.