4.1.57
सहनञ्विद्यमानपूर्वाच्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ङीष् does not come in the feminine after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) denoting a part of the body when the word is subordinate in a compound, preceded by the word 1. सह 'with' 2. नञ् 'not' or 3. विद्यमान 'having'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context सह- नञ्- विद्यमान- पूर्वात् pañcamī · 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
Dotted words are technical terms. Hover or tap one to see its card.
Full reading
सह-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The affix ङीष् does not come in the feminine after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) denoting a part of the body when the word is subordinate in a compound, preceded by the word 1. सह 'with' 2. नञ् 'not' or 3. विद्यमान 'having'.
Thus सकेशा, अकेशा विद्यमानकेशा ॥ So also सनासिका अनासिका or विद्यमाननासिका ॥ The last example shows, that the present rule governs also 4.1.55 ante: as well as 4.1.54.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.