3.2.144
अपे च लषः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix घिनुण् comes after the verb लष 'to wish' when compounded with the preposition अप and वि.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context अपे saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaLeft context लषः pañcamī · 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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Full reading
अपे च लषः
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Commentary
The affix घिनुण् comes after the verb लष 'to wish' when compounded with the preposition अप and वि।
As अपलाषी 'thirsty'; विलाषी. The term वि is to be read into this sutra by the force of the word 'and'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.