1.4.56
प्राग्रीश्वरान्निपाताः
Definition saṃjñā निपातसंज्ञाHeading adhikāra निपातसंज्ञाधिकारः
The words discussed till अधिरीश्वरे (1.4.97) are known as निपात.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable प्राक् avyayaFrom / after रीश्वरात् pañcamī · ekavacanaTerm / subject prathamā · bahuvacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- From / after Pañcamī (5th case): "from X" or "after X"; in headings, often the limit of their scope.
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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Full reading
प्राक् रीश्वरात्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
From this point forward up to the aphorism अधिरीश्वरे 1.4.97, all that we shall say is to be understood to have the name of निपात or Particles.
The word प्राक् of this sutra serves the same purpose as the word cha of the last; namely, it makes the words Gati, upasarga and karmapravachniya take two names, i.e., their one name as well as the name Nipata. The letter र in प्राग्रीश्वरात् is to remove doubt, i.e., aphorism 1.4.97 should be taken as limit and not sutra 3.4.13 which has the word iswari also.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.