5.4.123
बहुप्रजाश्छन्दसि
Operational rule vidhi
The form बहुप्रजास् is valid in the Vedas.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term बहुप्रजाः prathamā · ekavacanaRight context छन्दसि 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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Full reading
बहुप्रजाः छन्दसि
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Commentary
The form बहुप्रजास् is valid in the Vedas.
Thus बहुप्रजा निर्ऋतिमाविवेश ॥ In the secular literature, the form is बहुप्रजः, as बहुप्रजो ब्राह्मणः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.