6.4.6
नृ च
Operational rule vidhi
In presence of the नाम् प्रत्यय, the last letter of the word नृ becomes दीर्घ optionally.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Word नृ Indeclinable च avyaya
- Word Case not marked in the source data.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
नृ च
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Commentary
So also नृ before the Genitive 6th-Case plural नाम् is optionally lengthened.
As त्वं नॄणां नृपते, and त्वं नृणां नृपते ॥ According to some this option is confined to the Vedas, according to others, it extends to secular literature also.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.