4.1.169
साल्वेयगान्धारिभ्यां च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अञ् comes in the sense of descendant after the words 1. साल्वेय and 2. गान्धारि .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context साल्वेय- गान्धारिभ्याम् pañcamī · dvivacanaIndeclinable 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
साल्वेय-
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Commentary
The affix अञ् comes in the sense of descendant after the words 1. साल्वेय and 2. गान्धारि ।
Both these are names of countries and denote also Kshatriyas as well. Therefore, by sutra 4.1.171 they having a Vriddhi in the first syllable, would have taken the affix 'nyan', the present sutra enjoins 'an' instead. Thus साल्वेयः 'the son of Salveya, or the king of Salveya', गान्धारः 'the son of Gandhari or the king of Gandhari?' The vartika under Sutra 4.1.168 given above applies here also, i.e. the affix denotes also 'the king there of'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.