अपदातौ साल्वात्

Operational rule vidhi

The affix वुञ् comes after the word साल्व in the senses of being born etc. when denoting 'a man 'or 'what exists in a man', provided that it does not mean a foot-soldier.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Right context अ- पदातौ saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context साल्वात् pañcamī · ekavacana

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").
Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.

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अ-पदातौ साल्वात्

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Commentary

The affix वुञ् comes after the word साल्व in the senses of being born etc. when denoting 'a man 'or 'what exists in a man', provided that it does not mean a foot-soldier.
The word साल्व which occurs in the कच्छादि class, would have taken वुञ् by the last sutra, when the sense was that of a man or some human attribute. The present sutra makes a restriction. Thus साल्वको मनुष्यः, साल्वकमस्य हसितं जल्पितं &c. But साल्वः पदाति र्व्रजति 'the Salva foot soldier goes.'

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