1.1.31

द्वन्द्वे च

Definition saṃjñā सर्वनामसंज्ञा

The words formed by the द्वन्द्व समास of the words of सर्वादिगण are not called सर्वनाम.

Word by word (padaccheda)

In / when saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
  • In / when Saptamī (7th case): "in X" or "when X", a domain or condition.
  • Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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Full reading

च

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Commentary

And in Collective Compound -- दिङ्नामान्यन्तराले 2.2.26, the words सर्व etc. are not सर्वनाम।
This sutra mentions another exception. In collective compounds the above words are not sarvanama. Dvandva is a compound in which two words are simply joined together, the compound taking the terminations of the dual or plural according to the number of compounded words, or the terminations of the singular, being treated as a collective term. Thus, the compound वर्णाश्रमेतर means, वर्ण 'the castes,' आश्रम 'the orders' and इतर 'the others'. The word इतर in this compound is not to be treated as a sarvanama, but an ordinary word. Therefore, in the genitive plural we have:-- वर्णाश्रमेतराणाम् and not ०इतरेषाम्. So also पूर्वापराणाम् 'of the priors and the posteriors.'

The word च 'and' in the sutra indicates that it closes the list of exceptions or prohibitions that began with sutra 1.1.29.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.

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