संहितशफलक्षणवामादेश्च

Operational rule vidhi

The feminine affix ऊङ् comes in the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the word ऊरु when the words 1. संहित 'accompanied or joined' 2. शफ 'a hoof' 3. लक्षण 'a mark' 4. वाम 'handsome' precede it.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context संहित- शफलक्षण- वामादेः 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".

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Full reading

संहित-शफलक्षण-वामादेः च

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Commentary

The feminine affix ऊङ् comes in the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the word ऊरु when the words 1. संहित 'accompanied or joined' 2. शफ 'a hoof' 3. लक्षण 'a mark' 4. वाम 'handsome' precede it.
This aphorism applies, when no comparison is intended. As संहितोरूः 'a female whose thighs are joined (e.g. from obesity)' शफोरूः 'whose thighs are put together like the two hoofs on a cow's foot,' लक्षणोरूः 'whose thighs are marked,' वामोरूः 'with handsome thighs.'

Vart:- So also with the words सहित and सह. As सहितोरूः and सहोरूः ॥

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.