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Grammatical Sūtra: अर्धं नपुंसकम्‌ ardhaṃ napuṃsakam‌
Individual Word Components: ardham napuṃsakam
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: ardham napuṃsakam ekā (1.4.1), saṃjñā (1.4.1), sup (2.1.2), samāsaḥ (2.1.3), saha (2.1.4), supā (2.1.4), vibhāṣā (2.1.11), tatpuruṣaḥ (2.1.22), ekadeśinā (2.2.1), ekādhikaraṇe (2.2.1)
Type of Rule: vidhi
Preceding adhikāra rule:2.1.22 (1tatpuruṣaḥ)

Description:

Source:Laghusiddhānta kaumudī (Ballantyne)

The word ((ardha)) ardha when it signifies exactly equal parts i. e. halves, is always neuter, and is compounded with a word signifying a thing that has parts, provided that the thing halved is numerically one; and the compound is Tat-purusha Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0

[The nominal padá 1.2] ardhám (used as a neuter: nápuṁsakam) `half' (but not as a qualifier) [combines with a nominal padá 1.4 denoting a single substance consisting of parts 1 to form a tatpuruṣá 1.22 compound 1.3]. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.

Ardha ‘half’ is termed napuṃsaka ‘neuter’ Source: Courtesy of Dr. Rama Nath Sharma ©

Source:Srisa Chandra Vasu's Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini

Anuvṛtti: 2.2.1

Mahābhāṣya: With kind permission: Dr. George Cardona

1/13:iha kasmāt na bhavati : grāmārdhaḥ , nagarārdhaḥ iti |
2/13:ardhaśabdasya napuṃsakaliṅgasya idam grahaṇam puṃliṅgaḥ ca ayam ardhaśabdaḥ |
3/13:kva punaḥ ayam napuṃsakaliṅgaḥ kva puṃliṅgaḥ |
4/13:samapravibhāge napuṃsakaliṅgaḥ , avayavavācī puṃliṅgaḥ |
5/13:iha kasmāt na bhavati : ardham pippalīnām iti |
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Kielhorn/Abhyankar (I,407.2-9) Rohatak (II,655-656)


Commentaries:

Kāśikāvṛttī1: ekadeśinā ekādhikaraṇe iti vartate. samapravibhāge 'rdhaśabdo napuṃsakam āviṣṭal   See More

Kāśikāvṛttī2: ardhaṃ napuṃsakam 2.2.2 ekadeśinā ekādhikaraṇe iti vartate. samapravibhāge 'rdh   See More

Nyāsa2: arddhaṃ nupaṃsakam. , 2.2.2 "samapravibhāge tvadrdhaśabdo napuṃsakaviṣṭal   See More

Laghusiddhāntakaumudī1: samāṃśavācyardhaśabdo nityaṃ klībe, sa prāgvat. ardhaṃ pippalyāḥ ardhapippalī. Sū #936

Laghusiddhāntakaumudī2: ardhaṃ napuṃsakam 936, 2.2.2 samāṃśavācyardhaśabdo nityaṃ klībe, sa prāgvat. ard   See More

Bālamanoramā1: ardhaṃ napuṃsakam. ardhamiti napuṃsakaliṅganirdeśādeva napuṃsakatve labdhe puna Sū #704   See More

Bālamanoramā2: arddhaṃ napuṃsakam 704, 2.2.2 ardhaṃ napuṃsakam. ardhamiti napuṃsakaliṅganirdeśā   See More

Tattvabodhinī1: ardha napuṃsatam. khaṇḍāvācyadrdhaśabdo na nityanapuṃsakaḥ, grāmārddho nagadr Sū #626   See More

Tattvabodhinī2: adrdha napuṃsakam 626, 2.2.2 ardha napuṃsatam. khaṇḍāvācyadrdhaśabdo na nityanap   See More

1.Source: Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
2.Source: Sanskrit Documents


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