5.3.2
किंसर्वनामबहुभ्योऽद्व्यादिभ्यः
Heading adhikāra किंसर्वनामादिप्रकृत्यधिकारः
These प्राग्दिशीय affixes come after the word किम् and after a stem called सर्वनाम and after बहु but not after द्वि etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
From / after किं- - बहुभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaFrom / after अद्व्यादिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacana
- From / after Pañcamī (5th case): "from X" or "after X"; in headings, often the limit of their scope.
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Full reading
किं-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
These प्राग्दिशीय affixes come after the word किम् and after a stem called सर्वनाम and after बहु but not after द्वि etc.
The words द्वि &c, though सर्वनाम are exempted. Thus कुत्र, कृतः, यतः, यत्र, बहुतः, बहुत्रः ॥
Why do we say अद्व्यादि 'not dvi &c'. Observe द्वाभ्याम्, द्वयोः ॥ Why do we say किम् &c ? Observe वृक्षात्, वृक्षं &c. The word किम् is a सर्वनाम, but it being included in the dyadi class, would have been exempted from the operation of this rule had it not been separately mentioned.
Vart:- The word बहु here is a Sankhya. Therefore, the affix does not apply here, बहोः सूपात्, बहौ सूपे ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.