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sarupanam eka-sesa eka-vibhaktau, uktarthanam aprayoga iti

SYNONYMS

sa-rupanam—of words of the same form; eka-sesah—only the last; eka-vibhaktau—in the same case; ukta-arthanam—of the previously spoken meanings; aprayogah—nonapplication; iti—thus " ’Of words having the same form and case termination, the last one is the only one retained.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Panini’s sutras (1.2.64).