2.1.34
अन्नेन व्यञ्जनम्
Operational rule vidhi
A word ending with the Instrumental -3rd case-affix and denoting a condiment, is optionally compounded with a word ending in a case-affix, signifying food and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष .
Word by word (padaccheda)
With / by अन्नेन tṛtīyā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term व्यञ्जनम् prathamā · ekavacana
- With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
अन्नेन व्यञ्जनम्
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Commentary
A word ending with the Instrumental -3rd case-affix and denoting a condiment, is optionally compounded with a word ending in a case-affix, signifying food and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष ।
That which is to be prepared is called अन्न, and that which prepares is व्यञ्जन; a, दध्योदनः = दध्ना उपसिक्त ओदनः 'rice prepared or made relishable with curd.' So also क्षीरौदनः. The words 'food' and 'condiment' as represented in the above compounds, are connected in sense by a verb understood.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.