3.4.15
अवचक्षे च
Operational rule vidhi
The word of अवचक्षे is an anomalous passive participle in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context अवचक्षे saptamī · 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
अवचक्षे च
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Commentary
The word of अवचक्षे is an anomalous passive participle in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Thus रिपुणा नावचक्षे (Rig. IV. 58.5)=नावख्यातव्यम् । अव + चक्ष् + एश् = अवचक्षे । The sutra 2.4.54 is not applied here.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.