Grammatical Sūtra: छन्दसि पुनर्वस्वोरेकवचनम् chandasi punarvasvorekavacanam
Individual Word Components: chandasi punarvasvoḥ ekavacanam
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: chandasi punarvasvoḥ ekavacanam anyatarasyām (1.2.58), dvayoḥ (1.2.59), nakṣatre (1.2.60)
Type of Rule: atideśa
Description:
In the Vedas, the two stars, Punarvasû, may optionally be singular, (and connote a dual). Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0
In the domain of Chándas (= Veda) the singular (ekavacaná) of the nominal stem púnarvasu- `n.pr. of an asterism consisting of twin stars' is used [for the dual optionally 58-59]. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.
Mahābhāṣya: With kind permission: Dr. George Cardona
1/4:imau api yogau śakyau avaktum |
2/4:katham |
3/4:punarvasuviśākhayoḥ supām sulukpūrvasavarṇa iti siddham |*
4/4:punarvasuviśākhayoḥ supām sulukpūrvasavarṇa iti eva siddham
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1/4:imau api yogau śakyau avaktum |
2/4:katham |
3/4:punarvasuviśākhayoḥ supām sulukpūrvasavarṇa iti siddham |*
4/4:punarvasuviśākhayoḥ supām sulukpūrvasavarṇa iti eva siddham
Kielhorn/Abhyankar (I,231.10-12) Rohatak (II,110)*Kātyāyana's Vārttikas