श्रिणीभुवोऽनुपसर्गे

Operational rule vidhi

The affix घञ् comes after the roots 1. शृ 'to go to' 2. नी 'to lead' 3. भू 'to be' when not in composition with an उपसर्ग .

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context श्रि- णी- भुवः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context अनुपसर्गे saptamī · ekavacana

Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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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श्रि-णी-भुवः अनुपसर्गे

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Commentary

The affix घञ् comes after the roots 1. शृ 'to go to' 2. नी 'to lead' 3. भू 'to be' when not in composition with an उपसर्ग ।
This debars the affix अच् 3.3.56. As श्रायः 'shelter', नायः 'a means', भावः 'a condition'.

But with upasargas, we have प्रश्रयः 'respect', प्रणयः 'love'; प्रभवः 'source'.

How do we explain the form प्रभाव in प्रभावो राज्ञः 'the splendour of the king'? Here the word प्रभाव is not made from the compound root प्रभू + घञ्, but by compounding प्र with भाव by the rules of samasa, meaning 'excellent condition'.

How do you explain the form नय in नयो राज्ञः ? Here the root नी has taken the affix अच् diversely by 3.3.113.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.