2.4.5
अध्ययनतोऽविप्रकृष्टाख्यानाम्
Operational rule vidhi
A द्वन्द compound of words denoting (persons who have studied) subjects, which in their order of study are not remote from each other, is singular.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable अध्ययनतः avyayaTarget अ- वि- प्रकृष्ट- आख्यानाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
अध्ययनतः अ-
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Commentary
A द्वन्द compound of words denoting (persons who have studied) subjects, which in their order of study are not remote from each other, is singular.
As, पदकक्रमकम् 'a person who has studied the pada arrangement and a person who has studied the krama arrangement; so also क्रमकवार्त्तिकम्.
Why do we say 'order of study'? Observe पितापुत्रौ 'father and son.' Why do we say 'not remote'? See याज्ञिकवैयाकरणौ 'sacrifice-knower and the grammarian.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.