3.3.54
वृणोतेराच्छादने
Operational rule vidhi
The affix घञ् is optionally used after the verb वृ 'to choose' when प्र is in composition and the word so formed means 'a sort of covering'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context वृणोतेः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context आच्छादने 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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वृणोतेः आच्छादने
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Commentary
The affix घञ् is optionally used after the verb वृ 'to choose' when प्र is in composition and the word so formed means 'a sort of covering'.
As प्रावारः or प्रवरः 'a cloak, a veil'.
Why do we say 'when it means a covering'? Observe प्रवरागौ ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.