1.4.67
पुरोऽव्ययम्
Definition saṃjñā निपातसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā गतिसंज्ञा
The word पुरः 'in front of', when indeclinable and in composition with a verb, is called गति.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable पुरः avyayaTerm / subject prathamā · ekavacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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पुरः
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Commentary
The word पुरः 'in front of', when indeclinable and in composition with a verb, is called गति।
The pronoun पूर्व 'front' with the affix असि forms पुरस्, and by 1.1.38 it becomes an Avyaya. (See 5.3.39 pur being substituted for purva). The object by making it gati is threefold (1) compounding by 2.2.18 (2) accent by 6.2.49 (3) to change the : h into स् by 8.3.40. As पुरस्कृत्य, पुरस्कृतम् and यत् पुरस्करोति, when not an indeclinable we have पूः, पुरौ, पुरः कृत्वा काण्डंगतः.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.