3.2.19
पूर्वे कर्तरि
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ट comes after the verb सृ 'to go' when पूर्व in composition with it, denoting the agent.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context पूर्वे saptamī · ekavacanaRight context कर्तरि 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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पूर्वे कर्तरि
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Commentary
The affix ट comes after the verb सृ 'to go' when पूर्व in composition with it, denoting the agent.
Thus पूर्वः सरति = पूर्वसरः 'going in front'.
Why do we say 'denoting the agent'? Otherwise the affix अण् will be employed. As पूर्वदेशं सरति = पूर्वसरः 'going to the east'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.