4.2.117
वाहीकग्रामेभ्यश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes ठञ् and ञिठ् come in the remaining senses after the वृद्ध words denoting the villages of वाहीक.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context वाहीक- ग्रामेभ्यः 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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Commentary
The affixes ठञ् and ञिठ् come in the remaining senses after the वृद्ध words denoting the villages of वाहीक।
The word वृद्धात् is to be read into this sutra. This debars the affix छ 4.2.114. Thus शाकलिकी or शाकलिका, मान्थविकी or मान्थविका ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.