Karnatakabhashabhushana 4.17
English (machine translation) 4.17
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4.17.1
And an item to be counted [is like a singular] with numerals.
4.17.2
Even a word referring to an item to be counted, occurring with numerals, behaves like a singular in the expression of plurality.
4.17.3
pattu dese [ten direction(s)]
4.17.4
pattu desegaḷ [ten directions]
4.17.5
mūṟu nālku [three [or] four]
4.17.6
mūṟu nālkugaḷ [‘three or four’].
4.17.7
Because of the mention of “variously” (bahuḷa), [it] does not occur in some cases:
4.17.8
padinayyar [‘fifteen persons’].
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- Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit