4.1.21
द्विगोः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ङीप् come in the feminine after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) ending in अ , which is द्विगु समास (Numeral Determinative Compound).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context द्विगोः pañcamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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द्विगोः
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Commentary
The affix ङीप् come in the feminine after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) ending in अ , which is द्विगु समास (Numeral Determinative Compound).
Thus दशपूली, पञ्चपूली ॥ But we find त्रिफला 'the three myrobalans', because this is one of the words spoken of as 'अज &c' 4.1.4.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.