5.4.22
समूहवच्च बहुषु
Extension atideśa समूहातिदेशः
When that, whereof something is made or subsists in, is a multitude, then the affixes expressing a great quantity -- तस्य समूहः (4.2.37) etc. may also be used to denote 'made thereof, subsisting therein'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable समूहवत् avyayaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context बहुषु saptamī · bahuvacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- 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
समूहवत् च बहुषु
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Commentary
When that, whereof something is made or subsists in, is a multitude, then the affixes expressing a great quantity -- तस्य समूहः 4.2.37 etc. may also be used to denote 'made thereof, subsisting therein'.
The च shows that मयट् also comes in the same sense. Thus मोदकाः प्रकृताः प्राचुर्येण प्रस्तुताः = मौदकिकम् 4.2.47 or मोदकमयम्; so also शाष्कुलिकम् or शष्कुलीमयम् ॥ In the second sense we have, मोदकाः प्रकृताः अस्मिन् यज्ञे = मौदकिको or मोदकमयो यज्ञः, शष्कुलिकः or शाष्कुलीमयः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.