4.3.125
द्वन्द्वाद्वुन् वैरमैथुनिकयोः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix वुञ् comes in the sense of 'this is his' after द्वन्द compound of words denoting 'mutual enmity' or 'matrimonial relationship'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term वु prathamā · ekavacanaRight context वैर- मैथुनिकयोः 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.
- 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
वुन् वैर-
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Commentary
The affix वुञ् comes in the sense of 'this is his' after द्वन्द compound of words denoting 'mutual enmity' or 'matrimonial relationship'.
This debars अण् and छ ॥ Thus of 'enmity' बाभ्रव्यशालङ्कायनिका, काकोलूकिका ॥ Similarly of married couples as, अत्रिभरद्वाजिका, कुत्सकुशिकिका ॥
The Dvandva compounds of words denoting natural enemies will be singular neuter by 2.4.9. Their secondary derivatives, however, are feminine.
Vart :- Prohibition must be stated of the word देवासुर &c. As देवासुरम् ॥ राक्षोऽसुरम् वैरम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.