5.2.32

नेर्बिडज्बिरीसचौ

Operational rule vidhi

The affixes बिडच् and बिरीसच् come in the sense of 'a hooked nose' after the word नि when the word so formed is a Name.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context नेः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term बिडच्- बिरीसचौ prathamā · 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.

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Full reading

नेः बिडच्-बिरीसचौ

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Commentary

The affixes बिडच् and बिरीसच् come in the sense of 'a hooked nose' after the word नि when the word so formed is a Name.
Thus निबिडम् and निबिरीसम् ॥ How do you say निबिडाः केशाः or निबिडं वस्त्रम् ? It is by analogy.

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

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