2.4.8
क्षुद्रजन्तवः
Operational rule vidhi
A द्वन्द compound of words signifying small animals, is singular.
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Substitute / term क्षुद्र- जन्तवः prathamā · bahuvacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
क्षुद्र-
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Commentary
A द्वन्द compound of words signifying small animals, is singular.
Thus यूकालिक्षम् 'the louse and the nil'; दंशमशकम् 'the bug and the mosquito.' The word क्षुद्रजन्तु means an animal of a very small size. Some say that animals not having bones are called क्षुद्रजन्तु, (invertebrates); others say, those which are small in size; others say, all below the mongoose are kshudrajantu.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.