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dhātu-sūtra-gaṇoṇādi-vākya-liṅgānuśāsanam

dhātu-sūtra-gaṇoṇādi-vākya-liṅgānuśāsanam |
āgama-pratyayādeśā upadeśāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ||
(Unkown source; cited in the Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 2.5)

“Dhātus, sūtras, gaṇas [i.e., groups of words that follow the same rules], uṇādi-sūtras, vākyas [i.e., Kātyāyana’s vārttikas], Liṅgānuśāsana [i.e., a work dealing with the rules of gender attributed to Pāṇini], āgamas, pratyayas, and ādeśas are called upadeśas.” 

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vācya-liṅgā viśeṣya-liṅgādi-bhājaḥ

vācya-liṅgā viśeṣya-liṅgādi-bhājaḥ |
(Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 303)

“Words with the gender of the substantive (vācya-liṅgāḥ) [i.e., adjectival words] are words that share the gender (liṅga) and so forth [i.e., the case and number as well in many cases] of the qualificand (viśeṣya).”

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