2.1.37
पञ्चमी भयेन
Operational rule vidhi
A word ending with the Ablative -5th case-affix is optionally compounded with the word भय 'fear' and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term पञ्चमी prathamā · ekavacanaWith / by भयेन 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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Full reading
पञ्चमी भयेन
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Commentary
A word ending with the Ablative -5th case-affix is optionally compounded with the word भय 'fear' and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष ।
The phrase सुप् सुपा is understood here, and the sutra qualifies it.
As वृकेभ्यो भयं=वृकभयं 'fear from wolves,' चौरभयं 'fear from thieves,' दस्युभयं 'fear from robbers.'
Vart:- So also with the words भीत, भीति, and भीः as वृकभीतः, वृकभीतिः, वृकभीः.
This sutra is an expansion of sûtra 32 and an exposition of the word बहुल there. So that we may have the following compounds also: ग्रामनिर्गतः 'gone out of the village.' अधर्म जुगुप्सुः .
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.