3.4.74
भीमादयोऽपादाने
Operational rule vidhi
The words भीम etc. are irregularly formed and denote ablation.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term भीमादयः prathamā · bahuvacanaRight context 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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Full reading
भीमादयः
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Commentary
The words भीम etc. are irregularly formed and denote ablation.
These words are formed by Unadi affixes. Thus भी + मक् = भीम (Un. I.145.148); भी + षुक् + मक् =भीष्म (Un. I.148) &c. By the next sutra, Unadi words do not denote ordinarily the recipient and the ablation.
The present sutra makes them do so in the case of भीमादि words. The following is a list of Bhimadiwords :- भीमः, भीष्मः, भयानकः (Un. III.82), वरुः, चरुः, (Un. I.7), भूमिः (Un. IV. 45), रजः (Un. IV. 217), संस्कारः, सङ्क्रन्दनः, प्रपतनः, समुद्रः, स्रुचः, or स्रुवः (Un. II.61),स्रक् (Un. II.62) खलतिः ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.