1.2.62
विशाखयोश्च
Operational rule vidhi
In the Vedas, the two stars विशाखा may optionally be in the singular number.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target विशाखयोः ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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विशाखयोः च
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Commentary
In the Vedas, the two stars विशाखा may optionally be in the singular number.
The word विशाखा is in the dual number as a rule. In the Vedas, it is found sometime to have the singular form, denoting duality. Thus विशाखा नक्षत्रम् or विशाखे नक्षत्रमिन्द्राग्नी देवता ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.