1.4.91
अभिरभागे
Definition saṃjñā निपातसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā कर्मप्रवचनीयसंज्ञा
The word अभि is कर्म-प्रवचनीय when used in the above senses of 'in the direction of', 'as regards', and 'each severally', but not when it means 'division', 'share of'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Term / subject अभिः prathamā · ekavacanaIn / when अभागे saptamī · ekavacana
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
- In / when Saptamī (7th case): "in X" or "when X", a domain or condition.
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Full reading
अभिः अभागे
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Commentary
The word अभि is कर्म-प्रवचनीय when used in the above senses of 'in the direction of', 'as regards', and 'each severally', but not when it means 'division', 'share of'.
The illustrations given under the last sutra mutus mutandi apply here also, with the exception of those given under head (4). As वृक्षमभि विद्योतते; मातरमभि &c. But it is not karma-pravachaniya when भाग is meant. भाग means the share which is allotted to one as his own. As यदत्रममाभिष्यात् तद् दीयताम् give that which falls here to my share. Here abhi is an upasarga, and therefore स of स्य is changed into ष.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.