3.3.109
संज्ञायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ण्वुल् comes after the verbal roots, when the word to be formed is an appellative.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context संज्ञायाम् 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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संज्ञायाम्
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Commentary
The affix ण्वुल् comes after the verbal roots, when the word to be formed is an appellative.
As उद्दालकपुष्पभञ्जिका 'a sort of game played by the people in the eastern districts in which uddalaka flowers are broken or crushed'. वरणपुष्पप्रवाहिका 'a sort of game'; आभ्यूषखादिका; आचोषखादिका; शालभञ्जिका; तालभञ्जिका ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.