2.2.23
शेषो बहुव्रीहिः
Definition saṃjñā बहुव्रीहिसंज्ञा
The remaining compound is called बहुव्रीही.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Term / subject शेषः prathamā · ekavacanaTerm / subject prathamā · ekavacana
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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शेषः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The remaining compound is called बहुव्रीही।
A compound which does not fall within any one of the rules given above, will be Bahuvrihi. This is a governing aphorism and extends up to sūtra 28. Thus चित्रगुः 'possessed of a brindled cow.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.