2.1.50
दिक्संख्ये संज्ञायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
The words expressing a point of the compass or a number (संख्या ) enter into composition with the word correlated to them by being in the same case, when the sense of the compound is that of an appellative and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term दिक्- संख्ये prathamā · dvivacanaRight context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
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Commentary
The words expressing a point of the compass or a number (संख्या ) enter into composition with the word correlated to them by being in the same case, when the sense of the compound is that of an appellative and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष ।
The phrase 'being in apposition,' is understood in every one of these sútras up to the end of the chapter.
- As पूर्वेषुकामशमी 'the town of Ishukamasami -in-the-east.' अपरेषुकामशमी the town of Ishukamasami -in-the-west.' पञ्चाम्राः 'the five mangoes' सप्तर्षयः 'the seven-sages' (the constellation of the Great Bear),
Why do we say 'when the sense is that of an appellative ?' Observe उत्तरा वृक्षाः 'northern trees.' पञ्च ब्राह्मणाः 'five Brahmanas.' See 4.2.107
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.