णेश्छन्दसि

Operational rule vidhi

The affix इष्णुच् in the sense of 'the agent having such a habit etc.' comes in the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the verb that ends in the causative णि.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context णेः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context छन्दसि 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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णेः छन्दसि

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Commentary

The affix इष्णुच् in the sense of 'the agent having such a habit etc.' comes in the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the verb that ends in the causative णि।
The Causatives take this affix in the Vedic literature. As दृषदं धारयिष्णवः 'who hold the stones'; वीरुधः पारयिष्णवः ।

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