Grammatical Sūtra: भ्रातरि च ज्यायसि bhrātari ca jyāyasi
Individual Word Components: bhrātari ca jyāyasi
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: bhrātari ca jyāyasi pratyayaḥ (3.1.1), paraḥ (3.1.2), ca (3.1.2), ādyudāttaḥ (3.1.3), ca (3.1.3), ṅyāpprātipadikāt (4.1.1), taddhitāḥ (4.1.76), samarthānām (4.1.82), prathamāt (4.1.82), vā (4.1.82), aṇ (4.1.83), strīpuṁsābhyām (4.1.87), nañsnañau (4.1.87), bhavanāt (4.1.87), tasya (4.1.92), apatyam (4.1.162), pautraprabhṛti (4.1.162), jīvati (4.1.163), yuvā (4.1.163)
Type of Rule: saṃjñā
Preceding adhikāra rule:4.1.83 (1prāg dīvyato 'ṇ)
Description:
When an elder brother ûs alive, the younger brother gets the title of Yuvan, being the descendant of a grandson &c. Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0
[The t.t. yúvan 163] also denotes (a younger brother) if the elder brother (jyāyas-i bhrātar-i) [is alive 163 as a descendant starting with the grandson 162]. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.
The offspring of a grandson, and any other thereafter, is termed yuvan, also when his older brother (instead of his father, or any other like him) is alive Source: Courtesy of Dr. Rama Nath Sharma ©