3.2.107
क्वसुश्च
Operational rule vidhi
In the छन्दस् (Vedas) the affix क्वसु is optionally the substitute for लिट् .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term व ः prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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क्वसुः च
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Commentary
In the छन्दस् (Vedas) the affix क्वसु is optionally the substitute for लिट् ।
As जक्षिवस् 1st. sing. जक्षिवान् 'eaten' (Yaj. (VIII.19)); पपिवस् 1st. sing. पपिवान् 'drunk'.
Sometimes it does not come, as in the example under sutra 3.2.105; अहं सूर्यमुभयतो ददर्श.
The division of this sutra from the last, in which it could well have been included, is for the sake of the subsequent sutras, into which the anuvritti of क्वसु only runs.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.