Grammatical Sūtra: प्राचां ग्रामनगराणाम् prācāṃ grāmanagarāṇām Individual Word Components: prācām grāmanagarāṇām Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: prācām grāmanagarāṇām aṅgasya (6.4.1), vṛddhiḥ (7.2.114), acaḥ (7.2.115), ñṇiti (7.2.115), taddhiteṣu (7.2.117), ādeḥ (7.2.117), kiti (7.2.118), ca (7.2.118), uttarapadasya (7.3.10), diśaḥ (7.3.13) Type of Rule: vidhi Preceding adhikāra rule:7.3.10 (1uttarapadasya)
Description:
After a word denoting direction, the first vowel of the name of a village or city in the land of the eastern people, gets the Vṛiddhi before a Taddhita affix having an indicatory ((ñ)), ((ṇ)) or ((k))|| Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0
Mahābhāṣya:With kind permission: Dr. George Cardona
1/28:nagaragrahaṇam kimartham na prācām grāmāṇām iti eva siddham | 2/28:na sidhyati | 3/28:anyaḥ grāmaḥ anyat nagaram | 4/28:katham jñāyate | 5/28:evam hi kaḥ cit kam cit pṛcchati | See More
1/28:nagaragrahaṇam kimartham na prācām grāmāṇām iti eva siddham | 2/28:na sidhyati | 3/28:anyaḥ grāmaḥ anyat nagaram | 4/28:katham jñāyate | 5/28:evam hi kaḥ cit kam cit pṛcchati | 6/28:kutaḥ bhavān āgacchati grāmāt | 7/28:saḥ hi āha | 8/28:na grāmāt nagarāt iti | 9/28:nanu ca bho yaḥ eva grāmaḥ tat nagaram | 10/28:katham jñāyate | 11/28:lokataḥ | 12/28:ye hi grāme vidhayaḥ na iṣyante sādhīyaḥ te nagare na kriyante | 13/28:tat yathā | 14/28:abhakṣyaḥ grāmyakukkuṭaḥ abhakṣyaḥ grāmyaśūkaraḥ iti ukte sutarām nāgaraḥ api na bhakṣyate | 15/28:tathā grāme na adhyeyam iti sādhīyaḥ nagare na adhīyate | 16/28:tasmāt yaḥ eva grāmaḥ tat nagaram | 17/28:katham yat uktam evam hi kaḥ cit kam cit pṛcchati kutaḥ bhavān āgacchati grāmāt saḥ āha na grāmāt nagarāt iti | 18/28:saṃstyāyaviśeṣam asau ācaṣṭe | 19/28:saṃstyāyaviśeṣāḥ hi ete grāmaḥ ghoṣaḥ nagaram saṃvāhaḥ iti | 20/28:evam tarhi siddhe sati yat grāmagrahaṇe nagaragrahaṇam karoti tat jñāpayati ācāryaḥ anyatra grāmagrahaṇe nagaragrahaṇam na bhavati iti | 21/28:kim etasya jñāpane prayojanam | 22/28:viśiṣṭaliṅgaḥ nadīdeśaḥ agrāmāḥ iti atra nagarapratiṣedhaḥ coditaḥ saḥ na vaktavyaḥ bhavati | 23/28:yadi etat jñāpyate udīcyagrāmāt ca bahvacaḥ antodāttāt iti atra nagaragrahaṇam kartavyam | 24/28:bāhīkagrāmebhyaḥ ca nagaragrahaṇam kartavyam | 25/28:dikśabdāḥ grāmajanapadākhyānacānarāṭeṣu nagaragrahaṇam kartavyam | 26/28:idam caturtham jñāpakārtham | 27/28:tatra atinirbandhaḥ na lābhaḥ | 28/28:tasmāt yasmin eva grāmagrahaṇe nagaragrahaṇam na iṣyate tasya pratiṣedhaḥ vaktavyaḥ