4.2.113

न द्व्यचः प्राच्यभरतेषु

Operational rule vidhi

The affix अण् is however not added to a word which though ending in the Patronymic affix इञ् consists of two syllables when it is the family name of Eastern People or of भरत.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Indeclinable न avyayaLeft context द्वि- pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context प्राच्य- भरतेषु saptamī · bahuvacana
  • Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
  • Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
  • Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").

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Full reading

न द्वि- प्राच्य-भरतेषु

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Commentary

The affix अण् is however not added to a word which though ending in the Patronymic affix इञ् consists of two syllables when it is the family name of Eastern People or of भरत।
This sutra debars अण् which would have come by the last sutra. The result being, that the words answering to the description given in this aphorism, form the शैषिक derivatives by the affix छ 4.2.114. Thus पौष्कीयाः, काशीयाः from पौष्कि, काशि ॥ Why do we say "consisting of two syllables"? Observe पान्नागाराः formed by अण् from पान्नागारि ॥

Why do we say "when it denotes the family-names of East folks or Bharata"? Observe: दाक्षाः from दाक्षि ॥

Q. How do you form काशीय when by rule 4.2.116, the proper form would be काशिकी or काशिका ?

Ans. The word काशि of sutra 116 refers to a country because it occurs with चेदि, while the काशि of the example under the present aphorism is a Family-name.

The Bharatas belong also to the East-Folk or Prachyas. Their separate mention here indicates by Jhapaka or inference, that whereever Prachya is used in these sutras, it does not include the Bharatas. See 1.4.6.

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

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