6.2.175
बहोर्नञ्वदुत्तरपदभूम्नि
Operational rule vidhi
A बहुव्रीहि समास with बहु has the same accent as नञ् when it denotes muchness of the object expressed by the second member.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context बहोः pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable नञ्वत् avyayaRight context उत्तरपदभूम्नि saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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").
Full reading
बहोः नञ्वत् उत्तरपदभूम्नि
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
A बहुव्रीहि समास with बहु has the same accent as नञ् when it denotes muchness of the object expressed by the second member.
In other words a Bahuvrihi with the word बहु in the first member, is governed by all those rules which apply to a Bahuvrihi with a Negative Particle such as Rules 6.2.172 &c. when this gives the sense of multiety of the objects denoted by the second member. Thus बहुयवा꣡ देशः, बहुव्रीहिः꣡, बहुतिलः꣡ the same as 6.2.172. बहुय꣡वकः, बहुव्री꣡हिकः, बहुमा꣡षकः by 6.2.174. बहुज꣡रः, बहुम꣡रः, बहुमि꣡त्रः, बहुमृ꣡तः by 6.2.116: these examples of 6.2.116 are not given by Dr. Bohtlingk.
Why do we say 'uttara-pada-bhumni-when multiety of the objects denoted by the second member is meant'? Observe बहुषु मनोऽस्य = बहु꣡मना अयम् 6.2.1.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.