2.2.30
उपसर्जनं पूर्वम्
Operational rule vidhi
The उपसर्जन (1.2.43) is to be placed first in a compound.
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Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term पूर्वम् prathamā · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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पूर्वम्
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Commentary
The उपसर्जन 1.2.43 is to be placed first in a compound.
The word समासे is understood here. The upasarjana being the word exhibited in the nominative case in the rules relating to samasa, must stand first. The constant application of this rule has been illustrated in the previous aphorisms. Without this rule, there would have been no fixity as to the position of words.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.