2.1.40
सप्तमी शौण्डैः
Operational rule vidhi
A word ending in the Locative -7th-case-affix is compounded with the words शौण्ड 'skilled' etc. and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term सप्तमी prathamā · ekavacanaWith / by शौण्डैः tṛtīyā · bahuvacana
- 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
सप्तमी शौण्डैः
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Commentary
A word ending in the Locative -7th-case-affix is compounded with the words शौण्ड 'skilled' etc. and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष ।
The word शौण्डैः in the sútra being in the plural number indicates a class of words beginning with šaunda.
As, अक्षेषु शौण्डः = अक्षशौण्डः 'skilled in dice' अक्षधूर्तः 'cunning in dice' अक्षकितवः 'a gamester in dice.'
The following is the list of शौण्डादि words:-1 शौण्ड, 2 धूर्त, 3 कितव, 4 व्याड, 5 प्रवीण, 6 संवीत, 7 अन्तर् when meaning place, 8 अधि, 9 पटु, (or अधिपटु), 10 पण्डित, 11 कुशल, 12 चपल, 13 निपुण, 14 संव्याड, 15 मन्य, and 16 समीर.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.