अनुपद्यन्वेष्टा

Operational rule vidhi

The word अनुपदिन् formed anomalously by इनि denotes 'who goes after, who searches'.

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अनुपदी अन्वेष्टा

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Commentary

The word अनुपदिन् formed anomalously by इनि denotes 'who goes after, who searches'.
Thus अनुपदी गवाम, अनुपदी उष्ट्राणाम् "going after or searching the cows and camels".

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