केशाद् वो ऽन्यतरस्याम्

Though the word अन्यतरस्याम् was understood here from 5.2.96 (see sutra 5.2.97; its repetition shows that in the alternative we have not only मतुप् but the affixes इनि and ठन् 5.2.115 also. Thus we have four forms: केशवः, केशी, केशिकः and केशवान् ॥

Vart:- The affix व is seen after other words also. As मणिवः 'a kind of serpent', हिरण्यवः 'a kind of gem', कररावः, कुमारवः, राजीवम्, कुञ्जावः, इष्टकावः ॥

Vart:- The final of अर्णस् is elided before व, as अर्णवः ॥

Vart:- In the Chhandas, the affixes ई, वनिप्, व and मतुप् come in the sense of मतुप् ॥ Thus ईः- रथीरभून् मुद्गलानी गविष्टौ (रथीः), सुमङ्गलीरियं वधूः; वनिप् :- मघवानमीमहे; व and मतुप्, as उद्वा or उद्वती ॥

Vart:- The affixes इरन् and इरच् come respectively after मेधा and रथः as, मे꣡धिरः, रथिरः ॥,