3.3.81
अपघनोऽङ्गम्
Operational rule vidhi
The word अपघन is irregularly formed meaning 'a member of the body'.
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Full reading
अपघनः
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Commentary
The word अपघन is irregularly formed meaning 'a member of the body'.
This is formed irregularly from अप + हन्. Thus अपघनः 'a limb or member of the body'. The word अङ्गम् means a portion of the body, such as hand or foot, and not the whole body. Otherwise we have अपघातः ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.