4.1.3
स्त्रियाम्
Heading adhikāra स्त्र्यधिकारः (द्वितीयः)
This is an अधिकार which spans from the current sutra till (and just before) । समर्थानां प्रथमाद् वा' 4.1.82.
Word by word (padaccheda)
In / when स्त्रियाम् saptamī · ekavacana
- In / when Saptamī (7th case): "in X" or "when X", a domain or condition.
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Full reading
स्त्रियाम्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
When the feminine nature is to be indicated the affixes which we shall treat of hereinafter must be used.
This is an adhikara sutra pure and simple. The phrase 'when feminine nature is to be indicated', must be read in all the following aphorisms upto 81 inclusive. The anuvritti of the word 'pratipadika' should be read into this sutra, from the first sutra, not so, however, the anuvritti of the words 'ङी-आप्'; for we are now going to form words by the application of ङी and आप् affixes.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.