5.3.98
लुम्मनुष्ये
Operational rule vidhi
When in the same way a Man is denoted the affix is elided by लुप् , the word retaining its number and gender.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaRight context मनुष्ये saptamī · ekavacana
- 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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मनुष्ये
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Commentary
When in the same way a Man is denoted the affix is elided by लुप् , the word retaining its number and gender.
Thus चञ्चा (चञ्चेवमनुष्यः) 'straw-man' i.e. an effigy in stray. So also दासी, खरकुटी ॥ For accent see 6.1.204.
Why do we say 'a man'? Observe अश्वकः, उष्ट्रकः &c. This sutra may be considered to be an enlargement of 5.3.100.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.