2.4.26
परवल्लिङ्गं द्वन्द्वतत्पुरुषयोः
Extension atideśa समासलिङ्गनिर्णयातिदेशः
The gender of द्वन्द compound or तत्-पुरुष compound is like that of the last word in it.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable परवत् avyayaSubstitute / term लिङ्गम् prathamā · ekavacanaTarget - ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
परवत् लिङ्गम् -
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Replace dvandva-tatpuruṣayoḥ with liṅgam. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
The gender of द्वन्द compound or तत्-पुरुष compound is like that of the last word in it.
This applies to Itaretara Dvandva or coupling by mutual conjunction कुक्कटमयूर्याविमे 'those two (fem.) the cock and the peahen' मयूरीकुक्कुटाविमौ 'those two (mas.) the peahen and the cock.' The Samahara Dvandva is always neuter. So also in Tat-purusha compound not especially mentioned in the previous aphorism : As अर्द्धपिप्पल्याः, अर्द्धपिप्पली 'half a pippali.' अर्द्धकोशतकी.
Vart:- Prohibition must be made in regard to (1) Dvigu compound, (2) compounds with प्राप्त, आपन्न and, अलं, and (3) compounds with Gati words; as, पंचकपालः 'Purodasa prepared in five cups'; प्राप्तजीविकः (प्राप्त + जीविका) 'has obtained living,' आपन्नजीविकः, अलंजीविकः, निष्कौशाम्बिः 'gone beyond Kausambi_.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.