2.4.16
विभाषा समीपे
Operational rule vidhi
A द्वन्द compound denoting an approximate number of concrete substances, is optionally singular.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaRight context समीपे 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
A द्वन्द compound denoting an approximate number of concrete substances, is optionally singular.
As, उपदशं दन्तोष्ठ or उपदशा दन्तोष्ठाः 'nearly ten i.e, nine or eleven sets of teeth and lips;' उपदशं मार्दङ्गिकपाणविकम् or उपदशा मार्दङ्गिकपाणविकाः 'nearly ten (nine or eleven) mridanga and panava players.'
An indeclinable, when compounded with a numeral, may either be a Bahuvrihi or an Avyayibhava compound. When the compound is singular in form, it is Avyayibhava, and when it takes proper number-terminations, it is Bahuvrihi compound. As, उपदशं; उपदशाः 2.2.25.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.