1.4.87
उपोऽधिके च
Definition saṃjñā निपातसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā कर्मप्रवचनीयसंज्ञा
The word उप when it means 'superior' or 'inferior to' is कर्म-प्रवचनीय.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Term / subject उपः prathamā · ekavacanaIn / when अधिके saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
- 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
उपः अधिके च
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Commentary
The word उप when it means 'superior' or 'inferior to' is कर्म-प्रवचनीय।
That is when the sense is that of 'over, above,' or 'inferior' as उपखार्यां द्रोणः a Drona is above a khari. उप निष्के कार्षापणः a karshapana is more than a Nishka. In this sense उप governs the Locative of the thing which is inferior 2.3.9. So also उप शाकटायनं वैयाकरणाः 'all grammarians are inferior to Sakatayana.' In this sense उप governs the accusative case.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.