5.4.83
अनुगवमायामे
Operational rule vidhi
The word अनुगव is irregularly formed by adding the affix अच् and has the sense of 'suited to the length of the cows'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term अनुगवम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context आयामे 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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अनुगवम् आयामे
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Commentary
The word अनुगव is irregularly formed by adding the affix अच् and has the sense of 'suited to the length of the cows'.
Thus अनुगवं यानं "the chariot suited to the length of the oxen". This compound is formed by 2.1.16. Why do we say when meaning "the length"? Observe, गवां पश्चाद् = अनुगु ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.