3.2.7
समि ख्यः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix क comes after root ख्या 'to tell', when preceded by the preposition सम् and when the object is in compsition with it.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context समि saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context ख्यः 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").
- 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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समि ख्यः
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Commentary
The affix क comes after root ख्या 'to tell', when preceded by the preposition सम् and when the object is in compsition with it.
The verb ख्या ends in long आ and by 3.2.3 when compounded with an upasarga, it would have taken the affix अण्. This debars अण्; as गोसङ्ख्या 6.4.64 'a cowherd' (गा सञ्चष्टे).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.