Sūtra 2·1·31
पूर्वसदृशसमऊनार्थकलहनिपुणमिश्रश्लक्ष्णैः
pūrvasadṛśasamaūnārthakalahanipuṇamiśraślakṣṇaiḥ
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A word ending in the third case-affix is compounded with the words pûrva ‘prior,’ sadṛ ‘iśa’like, ‘sama’similar, ‘ûnârtha’words having the sense of less, ‘kalaha’quarrel, ‘nipuṇa’proficient, ‘miśra’mixed, ‘and slakshṇa’polished sleek ‘and the resulting compound is called Tat-purusha.
Padapāṭha pūrvasadṛśasamaūnaarthakalahanipuṇamiśraślakṣṇaiḥपूर्वसदृशसमऊनअर्थकलहनिपुणमिश्रश्लक्ष्णैः