The affix cara (with the feminine in ṅīp) comes after a prātipadika (Nominal Stem), the word retaining its detonation when the meaning is 'this had been before'.,
The word भूतपूर्व is a compound of पूर्व and भूतः the compounding being by सुप्सुपा, and denotes something done in a past time. Thus आढ्यो भतपूर्वः = आढ्यचरः 'once opulent'. सुकुमारचरः ॥ The ट् indicates that the feminine will be in ङीप्; as, आढ्यचरी ॥ The च् is not इत् in चरट् though required by (1. 3. 7). This proves that चुटु rule is anitya. The sutra 5.2.18 might have been read after this, with the saving of the word भूतपूर्वः, but then खञ् would have debarred चरट् which is, however, not intended.,