2.1.20
नदीभिश्च
Operational rule vidhi
A numeral (संख्या) may be compounded with the names of 'rivers' and the resulting compound is अव्ययीभाव denoting an aggregate.
Word by word (padaccheda)
With / by नदीभिः tṛtīyā · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
नदीभिः च
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Commentary
A numeral (संख्या) may be compounded with the names of 'rivers' and the resulting compound is अव्ययीभाव denoting an aggregate.
According to Patanjali this refers to their Aggregate (समाहार); as सप्तगङ्गम् ' at the meeting of the seven Ganges,' द्वियमुनं 'at the meeting of the two Yamunas,' पञ्चनदं' where the five rivers meet'. सप्तगोदावरम् 'where seven Godavaris' meet.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.