2.3.50
षष्ठी शेषे
Operational rule vidhi
The 6th-Case-affix is used in the remaining cases, that is to say, where there is a sense, such as the relation between property and its owner etc. different from that of a word related to a verb and from that of a Nominal-stem.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term षष्ठी prathamā · ekavacanaRight context शेषे saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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").
Full reading
षष्ठी शेषे
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The 6th-Case-affix is used in the remaining cases, that is to say, where there is a sense, such as the relation between property and its owner etc. different from that of a word related to a verb and from that of a Nominal-stem.
Ex. राज्ञः पुरुषः 'the king's man' पशोः पादः 'beast's foot' पितुः पुत्रः 'father's son.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.