1.4.31
भुवः प्रभवः
Definition saṃjñā कारकसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā अपादानसंज्ञा
The source of the agent of the verb भू 'to become' is called अपादान.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Of भुवः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaTerm / subject प्रभवः prathamā · ekavacana
- Of Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): "of X". In this kind of sūtra it marks a relation, not a substitution.
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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Full reading
भुवः प्रभवः
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Commentary
The source of the agent of the verb भू 'to become' is called अपादान।
The phrase 'of the agent (kartuh)' is understood here. The word प्रभव means the source or that from which anything arises. As हिमवतो गंगा प्रभवति the Ganges has its source in the Himalayas. काश्मीरेभ्यो वितस्ता प्रभवति. The Hydaspes has its source in Cashmere.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.