त्रिककुत् पर्वते

Operational rule vidhi

The बहुव्रीहि word त्रिककुद् formed by the elision of the final अ of ककुद is the name of a mountain.

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Substitute / term त्रिककुत् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context पर्वते 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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त्रिककुत् पर्वते

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Commentary

The बहुव्रीहि word त्रिककुद् formed by the elision of the final अ of ककुद is the name of a mountain.
त्रीणिककुदान्यस्य = त्रिककुत् "a three-peaked hill, the peaks having the shape of a hump". All three-peaked hills are not so called it is the name of a particular hill. When not denoting a hill we have त्रिककुदः ॥

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