विभाषोशीनरेषु

Operational rule vidhi

The affixes ठञ् and ञिठ् come optionally in the remaining senses after the वृद्ध words denoting वाहीक villages situated in उशीनर.

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Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaRight context उशीनरेषु saptamī · bahuvacana

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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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Commentary

The affixes ठञ् and ञिठ् come optionally in the remaining senses after the वृद्ध words denoting वाहीक villages situated in उशीनर।
Thus आह्वजालिकी, लिका and लीया; so also सौदर्शनिकी, सौदर्शनिका and सौदर्शनीया ॥

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