3.2.72
अवे यजः
Operational rule vidhi
In the मन्त्र literature,the affix णिवन् comes after the verb यज् 'to sacrifice' when in composition the word अव्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context अवे saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context यजः 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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Full reading
अवे यजः
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Commentary
In the मन्त्र literature,the affix णिवन् comes after the verb यज् 'to sacrifice' when in composition the word अव्।
As अवयाज्, nom. sing. अवयाः (Rig. Ved. I.173.12) 'name of a Vedic priest'; as त्वं यज्ञे वरुणस्यावया असि 'Thou art the priest of Varuna in the sacrifice'.
The division of this aphorism from the last in which it could have been included, is for the sake of the subsequent sutras in which the anuvritti of यज only runs. This word is thus declined:-
- 1st. अवयाः, अवयाजौ, अवयाजः
- 2nd. अवयाजं, अवयाजौ, अवयाजः
- 3rd. अवयाजा, अवयोभ्यां, अवयोभिः
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.