4.1.144
भ्रातुर्व्यच्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix व्यत् also comes in the sense of descendant after the word भ्रातृ.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context भ्रातुः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term व्यत् prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
भ्रातुः व्यत् च
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Commentary
The affix व्यत् also comes in the sense of descendant after the word भ्रातृ।
By the force of the word च in the sutra, we get the affix छ as well.
This debars अण् ॥ Thus भ्रातृव्यः or भ्रात्रीयः 'the brother's son'. The त् of व्यत् the regulates the accent, making it svarita.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.