8.1.21
बहुवचनस्य वस्नसौ
Operational rule vidhi
For (the Genitive 6th-Case, Dative -4th Case and Accusative -2nd case) plural of युष्मद् and अस्मद् are substituted वस् and नस् respectively (when a word precedes and these substitutes are अनुदात्त).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term वस्नसौ prathamā · dvivacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
वस्नसौ
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
→ वस्नसौ
Replace bahuvacanasya with vasnasau. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
For (the Genitive 6th-Case, Dative -4th Case and Accusative -2nd case) plural of युष्मद् and अस्मद् are substituted वस् and नस् respectively (when a word precedes and these substitutes are अनुदात्त).
Thus ग्रामो वः॒ स्वम्, जनपदो नः॒ स्वम्; ग्रामो वो॒ दीयते, जनपदो नो॒ दीयते; ग्रामो वः॒ पश्यति जनपदो नः॒ पश्यति ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.