2.1.19
संख्या वंश्येन
Operational rule vidhi
A numeral (संख्या) may be compounded with a word denoting 'one belonging to a family' and the resulting compound is अव्ययीभाव .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaWith / by वंश्येन tṛtīyā · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.
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वंश्येन
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Commentary
A numeral (संख्या) may be compounded with a word denoting 'one belonging to a family' and the resulting compound is अव्ययीभाव ।
The word वंश means uninterrupted descent of persons from a common source whether through birth or knowledge. A succession of teachers and pupils, of ancestors and descendants, &c., would constitute a वंश 'family.' One born in or belonging to such a वंश is called a वंश्य or descendant.
As, दिमुनि व्याकरणस्य 'of the Vyakarana,' which has two sages as its principal expounders viz., Panini and Patanjali. So, त्रिमुनिव्याकरणस्य 'having three representatives viz., Pånini, Patanjali and Sakatayana or Katyayana.'
When we desire to express their equality as regards knowledge, then both the words are put in the same case: as द्विमुनि or त्रिमुनि व्याकरणम् .
So also when the relationship is by birth: as, एकविंशति भारद्वाजम् Twenty-one Bharadwajas. These a subsequent compounds are like Dvigu.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.