4.1.117
विकर्णशुङ्गच्छगलाद्वत्सभरद्वाजात्रिषु
Operational rule vidhi
To indicate the meaning of 'his/her offspring' - 1) The word विकर्ण when refers to the वत्सकुल, 2) The word शुङ्ग when refers to the भरद्वाजकुल, and 3) The word छगल when refers to the अत्रिकुल get the अण् प्रत्यय.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context विकर्ण- शुङ्ग- छगलात् pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context वत्स- भरद्वाज- अत्रिषु saptamī · bahuvacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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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Full reading
विकर्ण-
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Commentary
The affix अण् comes after the words 1. विकर्ण 2. शुङ्ग and 3. छगल when the sense is a descendant of the family of वत्स , भारद्वाज and अत्रि , respectively.
Thus वैकर्णः = वात्सः otherwise वैकर्णिः ॥ शौङ्गः = भारद्वाजः, otherwise शौङ्गिः ॥ छागलः = आत्रेयः, otherwise छागलिः ॥
In some texts the word शुंगा is used and not शुंग ॥ The former being a feminine word, its Patronymic will be शौङ्गेयः, by 4.1.120 when it does not mean a descendant of भरद्वाजः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.