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dvigur ekavacanam

द्विगुरेकवचनम् ONPANINI 24001

/dvigu compounds are singular.

Therefore, a dvigu like

paJca-gavam पञ्चॱगवम् "an aggregate of five cows"

is singular, but an expression like

saptarSayaH सप्तर्षयः "the Big Dipper" ("the seven seers")

is not a dvigu द्विगु.

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