3.3.71
प्रजने सर्तेः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अप् comes after the verb श्रि 'to flow' in the sense of impregnating (the covering of cows etc.).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context प्रजने saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context सर्तेः pañcamī · 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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प्रजने सर्तेः
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Commentary
The affix अप् comes after the verb श्रि 'to flow' in the sense of impregnating (the covering of cows etc.).
This debars घञ्. The word प्रजनं means 'the first covering of a cow by a bull'. As गवामुपसरः 'impregnation of cows'; पशूनामुपसरः 'impregnation of cattle'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.