2.1.13
आङ् मर्यादाभिविध्योः
Operational rule vidhi
The word 'आङ्' used in the meaning of मर्यादा (exclusive limit) and अभिविधि (inclusive limit) optionally undergoes a समास with a related word in पञ्चमी, and the समास is called अव्ययीभावसमास.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable आङ् avyayaRight context मर्यादा- अभिविध्योः saptamī · dvivacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
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Full reading
आङ् मर्यादा-
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Commentary
The word आङ् when signifying limit exclusive or limit inclusive, may optionally be compounded with a word ending in the 5th case and the compound so formed is called अव्ययीभाव।
As, आपाटलिपुत्रं or आ पाटलिपुत्रात् वृष्टो देवः 'it rained up to Pátaliputra.' आकुमारं or आ कुमारेभ्यो यशः पाणिनेः 'the fame of Panini extends even to the boys.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.