3.2.100
अनौ कर्मणि
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ड comes after the verb जन् 'to be produced', with a past signification, when the root takes the preposition अनु and is compounded with a word in the Accusative -2nd case.
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Right context अनौ saptamī · ekavacanaRight context कर्मणि saptamī · ekavacana
- 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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Commentary
The affix ड comes after the verb जन् 'to be produced', with a past signification, when the root takes the preposition अनु and is compounded with a word in the Accusative -2nd case.
As पुमनुजा 'a girl born after the male child i. e. a girl having an elder brother'; स्त्र्यमनुजः 'a boy born after the female child i. e. a boy having an elder sister'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.