बहुलं छन्दसि

Operational rule vidhi

In the छन्दस् (Vedas) there is elision of the शप् diversely.

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Substitute / term बहुलम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context छन्दसि 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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बहुलम् छन्दसि

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Commentary

In the छन्दस् (Vedas) there is elision of the शप् diversely.
Elision does not take place where ordained, and takes place where not ordained. दाति प्रियाणि (instead of ददाति) 'he gives pleasant objects,' धाति instead of दधाति ।

So also there is slu-elision of the vikaranas after roots other than those belonging to the Juhotyadi class. Thus; पूर्णां विवष्टि, जनिम विवक्ति.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.