4.1.84
अश्वपत्यादिभ्यश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The words of the अश्वपत्यादि गण get the अण् प्रत्यय in the प्राग्दीव्यतीय meaning.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अश्वपति- आदिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaIndeclinable 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
अश्वपति-
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Commentary
The affix अण् comes after the प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) अश्वपति etc., in the various mentioned senses antecedently up to तेन दीव्यति खनति जयति जितम् 4.4.2.
This is an exception to the next aphorism, by which the affix ण्य would have come after words ending with 'pati.' The present sutra enjoins अण् instead. Thus अश्वपति + अण् = आश्वपतम् 7.2.117 तद्धितेष्वचामादे 'when a Taddhita affix follows with an indicatory ञ् or ण्, there is vriddhi in the room of the first rowel among the vowels'). The इ of पति is elided by 6.4.148 यस्येति च where long ई follows, and when a Taddhita affix follows, there is elision of the इ or ई, or अ or आ, of a bha'.)
The following is a list of words belonging to अश्वपत्यादि class :-
अक्षपति, 2 ज्ञानपति, 3 शतपति, 4 गणपति, 5 गणपति, 6 स्थानपति, यज्ञपति, 8 राष्ट्रपति, 9 कुलपति, 10 गृहपति, (पशुपति) 11 धान्यपति, 12 धन्वपति,13 बन्धुपति, 14 धर्मपति, 15 सभापति, 16 प्राणपति, 17 क्षेत्रपति ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.