2.1.7
यथासादृश्ये
Operational rule vidhi
The word 'यथा', when used in a meaning different than 'similarity', undergoes a समास with a related सुबन्त, and the समास is called अव्ययीभावसमास.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable यथा avyayaRight context असादृश्ये saptamī · ekavacana
- 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").
Dotted words are technical terms. Hover or tap one to see its card.
Full reading
यथा असादृश्ये
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The indeclinable word यथा when it does not signify 'likeness' is invariably compounded with a word ending in a case-affix which is in construction with it and the compound is called अव्ययीभाव समास।
Thus यथावृद्धम् ब्राह्मणानामन्त्रयस्व invite every old Brahmana. So also यथाध्यापकम्.
Why do we say 'when not signifying likeness?'. For there is no composition when likeness is indicated. As यथादेवदत्तस्तथा यज्ञदत्तः As is Devadatta so is Yajñadatta.
This samása could have been included in the last sútra clause to, but making a separate sútra shows that the word यथार्थवचन there must be limited by the present sútra, to first three meanings of the word यथा given there and not to its fourth meaning. vis. there is no compounding when it means likeness.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.