3.3.79
अगारैकदेशे प्रघणः प्रघाणश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The words प्रघणः and प्रघाण are irregularly formed meaning 'a portion of a dwelling house'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context अगारैकदेशे saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term प्रघणः prathamā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term प्रघाणः prathamā · 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").
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
अगारैकदेशे प्रघणः प्रघाणः च
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The words प्रघणः and प्रघाण are irregularly formed meaning 'a portion of a dwelling house'.
Thus प्रघणः or प्रघाणः 'a porch before the door of a house, a portico'. This is formed from हन् with प्र, irregularly.
Why do we say 'when meaning a portion of a house'? Observe प्रघातः ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.