चतुष्पादो गर्भिण्या

Adhyāya 2 · Pāda 1 · Rule 71

A case-inflected word denoting a quadruped is compounded with the co-ordinate word garbhiṇī and the resulting compound is tat-puruṣa ,

गोगर्भिणी 'a pregnant cow.' अजागर्भिणी 'a pregnant she-goat.'

Vart:- It should be stated that the rule is confined to the words denoting genus of quadrupeds. So not here:- कालाक्षी गर्भिणी or स्वस्तिमती गर्भिणी 'the pregnant cow called Kálákshí or Svastimatí'.

Why do we say 'quadrupeds ?' Observe ब्राह्मणी गर्भिणी.,

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