2.1.46
तत्र
Operational rule vidhi
The word तत्र 'there' which is a word ending with Locative -7th-case-affix सप्तम्यास्त्रल् (5.3.10), is compounded with a word ending in क्त and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable तत्र avyaya
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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तत्र
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Commentary
The word तत्र 'there' which is a word ending with Locative -7th-case-affix सप्तम्यास्त्रल् 5.3.10, is compounded with a word ending in क्त and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष ।
Thus तत्रभुक्तम् 'eaten there.' तत्रकृतं 'done there,' तत्रपीतं 'drunk there.' By making this a compound, the same purpose is served as in sútra 2.1.25 namely, these two words form one word and get one accent.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.