2.4.11
गवाश्वप्रभृतीनि च
Operational rule vidhi
The word गवाश and others are also द्वन्द compounds which take the singular number.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term गवाश्व- प्रभृतीनि prathamā · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
गवाश्व-
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Commentary
The word गवाश and others are also द्वन्द compounds which take the singular number.
Thus गवाश्वम् 'the cow and the horse.' So also गवाविकम्.
गवाश्वादिः
1. गवाश्वम्. 2. गवाविकम्. 3. गवैडकम्. 4. अजाविकम्. 5. अजैडकम्. 6. कुब्जवामनम्. 7. कुब्जकैरातकम्. 8. पुत्रपौत्रम्. 9. शचण्डालम्. 10. स्त्रीकुमारम्. 11. दासीमाणवकम्. 12. शाटीपिच्छकम्. 13. उष्ट्रखरम्. 14. उष्ट्रशशम्. 15. मूत्रशकृत्. 16. मूत्रपुरीषम्. 17. यकृन्मेधः. 18. मांसशोणितम् 19. दर्भशरम्. 20. दर्भपूतीकम्. 21. अर्जुनशिरीषम्. 22. तृणोलपम्. 23. दासीदासम्. 24.कुटीकुटम्. 25. भागवतीभागवतम्.
Vart:- In this list, the forms as given, are singular; but when the same words assume different forms they may take either number. As गोश्वम् or गोश्वौ. In this form of गो and अश्व the next rule applies and option is allowed.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.