3.2.92
कर्मण्यग्न्याख्यायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
In expressing an object the affix क्विप्comes after the verb चि 'to collect' with the sense of past time when in composition with a word in the Accusative -2nd case, provided the word so formed is the name of fire.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context कर्मणि saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अग्न्याख्यायाम् 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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कर्मणि अग्न्याख्यायाम्
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Commentary
In expressing an object the affix क्विप्comes after the verb चि 'to collect' with the sense of past time when in composition with a word in the Accusative -2nd case, provided the word so formed is the name of fire.
The words चेः and कर्मणि are understood in this sutra. The Name is expressed by taking the complete word consisting of the verbal root, the upapada and the affix. As श्येनचित् 'a fire which has been arranged in the shape of a hawk'; कङ्कचित् 'fire arranged like a heron'.
The word आख्या indicates that these words are rudhi words, their sense depending upon usage rather than etymology. The arrangement of bricks for sacrificial purpose with regard to fire, gets these various names; that is, when the bricks are arranged like a falcon, it is called श्येनचित्, and so on.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.