3.4.50
समासत्तौ
Operational rule vidhi
(The affix णमुल् comes after a root when a word in the Locative -7th case or Instrumental -3rd case is in composition with it) and when immediate contiguity is intended i.e. 'to fall together by the ears'.
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Right context समासत्तौ 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").
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समासत्तौ
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Commentary
(The affix णमुल् comes after a root when a word in the Locative -7th case or Instrumental -3rd case is in composition with it) and when immediate contiguity is intended i.e. 'to fall together by the ears'.
The word समासत्तिः means 'immediate contiguity'. Thus केशग्राहम् (or केशेषु ग्राहम् or केशैर्ग्राहम्) युध्यन्ते 'having closely caught each other by the hair, they fight.' Similarly हस्तग्राहम् or हस्तेषु ग्राहम् or हस्तैर्ग्राहम्; so also यष्टिग्राहम् 'taking a stick'; लोष्ट्रग्राहं &c. See 2.2.21.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.