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Grammatical Sūtra: अचतुरविचतुरसुचतुरस्त्रीपुंसधेन्वनडुहर्क्सामवाङ्मनसाक्षिभ्रुवदारगवोर्वष्ठीवपदष्ठीवनक्तंदिवरत्रिंदिवाहर्दिवसरजसनिःश्रेयसपुरुषायुषद्व्यायुषत्र्यायुषर्ग्यजुषजातोक्षमहोक्षवृद्धोक्षोपशुनगोष्ठश्वाः acaturavicaturasucaturastrīpuṃsadhenvanaḍuharksāmavāṅmanasākṣibhruvadāragavorvaṣṭhīvapadaṣṭhīvanaktaṃdivaratriṃdivāhardivasarajasaniḥśreyasapuruṣāyuṣadvyāyuṣatryāyuṣargyajuṣajātokṣamahokṣavṛddhokṣopaśunagoṣṭhaśvāḥ
Individual Word Components: acaturavicaturasucaturastrīpuṃsadhenvanaḍuharksāmavāṅmanasākṣibhruvadāragavorvaṣṭhīvapadaṣṭhīvanaktaṃdivaratriṃdivāhardivasarajasaniḥśreyasapuruṣāyuṣadvyāyuṣatryāyuṣargyajuṣajātokṣamahokṣavṛddhokṣopaśunagoṣṭhaśvāḥ
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: acaturavicaturasucaturastrīpuṃsadhenvanaḍuharksāmavāṅmanasākṣibhruvadāragavorvaṣṭhīvapadaṣṭhīvanaktaṃdivaratriṃdivāhardivasarajasaniḥśreyasapuruṣāyuṣadvyāyuṣatryāyuṣargyajuṣajātokṣamahokṣavṛddhokṣopaśunagoṣṭhaśvāḥ 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), samāsāntāḥ (5.4.68), ac (5.4.75)
Type of Rule: vidhi
Preceding adhikāra rule:5.4.68 (1samāsāntāḥ)

Description:

The following words are irregularly formed by adding the affix ach :achatura, vichatura, suchatura, stri-puṅsau, dhenv-ana uhau, rik-sâme, vâṅ-manase, akshi-bhruvam, dâra-gavam, ûrvashṭhûvam, padaśhṭhûvam, naktam-divam, râtrim-divam, ahar-divam, sarajasam, niḥ-śreyasam, purushâ-yusham, dvyâ-yusham, tryâ-yusham, rig-yajusham, jâto-kshaḥ, maho-kshaḥ, vriddho-kshaḥ, upaśunam, and goshṭhaśvaḥ. Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0

The expressions beginning with a-catur-á- and ending with goṣṭha-śv-á- are introduced [as derived with the taddhitá 4.1.76 affix 3.1.1 áC 75]: (1) having less than four, (2) containing various quarters of verses, (3) whose quarters are good, (4) female and male, (5) cow and bull, (6) strophe and melody, (7) speech and mind, (8) eye and eye-brow, (9) a wife and a cow, (10) thigh and knee, (11) foot and thigh, (12) night and day, (13) night and day, (14) day after day, (15) entirely, (16) most excellent, (17) life span of man, (18) two life-spans, (19) three life-spans, (20) RV and YV, (21) young bull, (22) large bull, (23) old bull, (24) near the dog, and (25) dog in the manger respectively. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.

Source:Srisa Chandra Vasu's Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini

Anuvṛtti: 5.4.68, 5.4.75

Mahābhāṣya: With kind permission: Dr. George Cardona

1/28:ādyāḥ trayaḥ bahuvrīhayaḥ |
2/28:adraṣṭā caturṇām acaturaḥ |
3/28:vidraṣṭā caturṇām vicaturaḥ |
4/28:sudraṣṭā caturṇām sucaturaḥ |
5/28:tataḥ pare ekādaśa dvandvāḥ |
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