3.2.16
चरेष्टः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ट comes after the verb चर् 'to go' when a case-inflected word in composition with it denotes a location.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context चरेः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term ः prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
चरेः टः
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Commentary
The affix ट comes after the verb चर् 'to go' when a case-inflected word in composition with it denotes a location.
The word adhikarana of the last sutra is understood in this. As कुरुषु चरति = कुरुचरः 'who goes among the Kurus'. मद्रचरः 'who goes among the Madras'.
Of the affix ट the real affix is अ, the letter ट being indicatory, showing that the feminine of these words is formed by the affix ङीप्. (See. 4.1.14), as कुरुचरी, मद्रचरी ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.