3.2.179

भुवः संज्ञाऽन्तरयोः

Operational rule vidhi

The affix क्विप् comes after the verb भू 'to be' when the word so formed denotes a name or surety.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context भुवः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context संज्ञा- अन्तरयोः saptamī · dvivacana
  • Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
  • 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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भुवः संज्ञा-अन्तरयोः

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Commentary

The affix क्विप् comes after the verb भू 'to be' when the word so formed denotes a name or surety.
As, विभूः 'a person called Vibhu'; प्रतिभूः 'a surety i. e. he who stands intermediate between the debtor and the creditor'.

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

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