3.4.60
तिर्यच्यपवर्गे
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes क्तवा and णमुल् come after the root कृ 'to make' when the word त्रियक् is in composition in the sense of 'carrying to the end'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context तिर्यचि saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अपवर्गे 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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तिर्यचि अपवर्गे
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Commentary
The affixes क्तवा and णमुल् come after the root कृ 'to make' when the word त्रियक् is in composition in the sense of 'carrying to the end'.
The word अपवर्ग means 'completing or finishing'. Thus तिर्यक् कृत्य, तिर्यक् कृत्वा or तिर्यक्कारं गतः - समाप्य गतः 'having completed, he went away'.
Why do we say 'when meaning completion'? Observe तिर्यक् कृत्वा काष्ठं गतः 'having placed the wood obliquely, he went away'. Here णमुल् is not employed. See 2.2.22 for compounding. The word तिर्यचि is the locative of the word-form तिर्यच्, and not of the word तिर्यच् । Other examples are: एतदोश् 5.3.5; अदसो मात् 1.1.12.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.