5.4.152
इनः स्त्रियाम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कप् is added to a बहुव्रीहि समास the last member of which ends in इन् when a feminine word is denoted
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Substitute / term इनः prathamā · ekavacanaRight context स्त्रियाम् 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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इनः स्त्रियाम्
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Commentary
The affix कप् is added to a बहुव्रीहि समास the last member of which ends in इन् when a feminine word is denoted
Thus बहवो दण्डिनोऽस्यां शालायां = बहुदण्डिका शाला ॥ So also बहुछत्रिका; बहुस्वामिका नगरी, बहुवाग्मिका सभा ॥ Why do we say when denoting a feminine? Observe बहुदण्डी राजा or बहुदण्डिकः ॥ The latter form is derived by adding कप् optionally under 5.4.154.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.