1.4.103
सुपः
Definition saṃjñā एकवचनसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā द्विवचनसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā बहुवचनसंज्ञा
The सुप्-प्रत्ययाः are sequentially referred as एकवचन, द्विवचन and बहुवचन.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Of ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Of Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): "of X". In this kind of sūtra it marks a relation, not a substitution.
Dotted words are technical terms, dashed ones pratyāhāras (names for classes of sounds or affixes). Hover or tap one to see its card.
See the table this defines: 4.1.2 सुप् The 21 case endings →
Full reading
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
Of सुप् (which is a प्रत्याहार formed of सु the first of the case affixes and the final प् of the last of them), the expressions in each successive set of the three, are also severally called singular, dual and plural.
The sup or the case-affixes by which nouns are declined are 21 in number corresponding to the seven cases, see sutra 4.1.2. They also have three numbers singular, dual and plural.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.