अक्षोऽन्यतरस्याम्

Operational rule vidhi

In presence of a सार्वधातुक प्रत्यय in the कर्तरि प्रयोग, the verb अक्ष् gets the श्नु विकरण optionally.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context अक्षः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context अन्यतरस्याम् saptamī · ekavacana

Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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

अक्षः अन्यतरस्याम्

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Commentary

The affix श्यन् is optionally used after the root अक्ष् 'to pervade' when it is preceded by the preposition सम् and when a सार्वधातुक affix denoting an agent, follows.
Thus अक्ष्णोति or अक्षति 'he pervades or obtains'.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.