2.4.22
छाया बाहुल्ये
Operational rule vidhi
A तत्-पुरुष compound ending with the word छाया 'shadow' in neuter in gender when the sense is that of profuseness of the thing indicated by the first term.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term छाया prathamā · ekavacanaRight context बाहुल्ये 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").
Full reading
छाया बाहुल्ये
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
A तत्-पुरुष compound ending with the word छाया 'shadow' in neuter in gender when the sense is that of profuseness of the thing indicated by the first term.
Thus, शलभछायम् 'A crowd of locusts darkening the sky.' इक्षुछायम् 'the sugarcane shade i. e., groves of sugarcane,' Otherwise, कुड्यच्छाया 'the shadow of a wall.' 6.2.14, accent.)
The sutra (2.4. 25) gives optional neuter; this rule enjoins invariable neuter when chhaya has the sense of profuseness.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.