2.1.71
चतुष्पादो गर्भिण्या
Operational rule vidhi
A case-inflected word denoting a quadruped is compounded with the co-ordinate word गर्भिणी and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term चतुष्पादः prathamā · bahuvacanaWith / by गर्भिण्या 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
चतुष्पादः गर्भिण्या
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Commentary
A case-inflected word denoting a quadruped is compounded with the co-ordinate word गर्भिणी and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष ।
गोगर्भिणी 'a pregnant cow.' अजागर्भिणी 'a pregnant she-goat.'
Vart:- It should be stated that the rule is confined to the words denoting genus of quadrupeds. So not here:- कालाक्षी गर्भिणी or स्वस्तिमती गर्भिणी 'the pregnant cow called Kálákshí or Svastimatí'.
Why do we say 'quadrupeds ?' Observe ब्राह्मणी गर्भिणी.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.