4.2.143
पर्वताच्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix छ comes after the word पर्वत in the remaining senses.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context पर्वतात् pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable 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
पर्वतात् च
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Commentary
The affix छ comes after the word पर्वत in the remaining senses.
This debars अण् ॥ Thus पर्वतीयो राजा "the hill-king". पर्वतीयः पुरुषः 'the hill man'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.