3.3.34
छन्दोनाम्नि च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix घञ् comes after the verb स्तॄ 'to cover' with the उपसर्ग वि when the word so formed is the name of a metre.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context छन्दोनाम्नि saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
छन्दोनाम्नि च
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Commentary
The affix घञ् comes after the verb स्तॄ 'to cover' with the उपसर्ग वि when the word so formed is the name of a metre.
The word छन्द here means prosodial metre such as Gayatri & c; and not the Vedas; otherwise the word नाम would not have been used. Thus वि + स्तृ + घञ् = वि + स्तृ + घञ् 8.3.94 = विष्टारः 'the name of a metre called Vishtara-Pankti'.
The whole word विष्टारपङ्क्ति is the name of a metre, and is not a word ending with the affix ghan; only a member of this word, i.e. the first part ends with ghan. The seventh case-affix in the word छन्दोनाम्नि has the force of location i.e. when the word so formed occurs in a portion of a name of a metre; it is not the full name, but it is in the name i.e. forms a portion of the name.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.