3.1.116
पुष्यसिद्ध्यौ नक्षत्रे
Operational rule vidhi
The words पुष्य and सिद्ध्य् are irregularly formed by the affix क्यप् , when used as names of asterisms.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term पुष्य- सिद्ध्यौ prathamā · dvivacanaRight context नक्षत्रे 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").
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Full reading
पुष्य-
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Commentary
The words पुष्य and सिद्ध्य् are irregularly formed by the affix क्यप् , when used as names of asterisms.
Thus पुष् + क्यप् = पुष्यः 'the Pushya asterism'. It is so called because objects are nourished under the influences of this asterism. सिध् + क्यप् = सिद्ध्यः 'the asterism Siddhya' another name of Pushya, so-called because things are accomplished under the influence of this star.
When not the names of asterisms, the forms are पोषणं 'nourishing', सेधनम् 'accomplishing'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.