3.3.55
परौ भुवोऽवज्ञाने
Operational rule vidhi
The affix घञ् is optionally used after the verb भू 'to be', the word परि being in construction and the sense of the word so formed being 'disregard'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context परौ saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context भुवः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context अवज्ञाने 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").
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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परौ भुवः अवज्ञाने
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Commentary
The affix घञ् is optionally used after the verb भू 'to be', the word परि being in construction and the sense of the word so formed being 'disregard'.
The word अवज्ञान means 'contempt', 'neglect', 'disregard' &c. As परिभावः or परिभवः 'insult, humiliation'.
Why do we say 'when meaning disregard'? The word परिभवः may be then constructed to mean सर्वतोभवनं = परिभवः 'surrounding'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.