4.2.46
चरणेभ्यो धर्मवत्
Extension atideśa धर्मार्थातिदेशः
For the words that represent the names of stanzas of a poem, the प्रत्ययाः that are applicable in the meaning given by the वार्त्तिक 'चरणात् धर्माम्नानयोः इष्यते' should also be used in the meaning of 'तस्य समूहः' as well.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context चरणेभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaIndeclinable धर्मवत् 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
चरणेभ्यः धर्मवत्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
After the name of a Vedic School, the affixes which denote the rule of that school, also come in the sense of 'collection thereof'.
The Vedic Schools or Charanas are like कठ, कलाप &c. The affixes denoting the rule of the School are those taught in Sutra 4.3.126 &c. The word धर्म does not occur in the Sutra 4.3.126, or any where else, but it occurs in the following ishti under that Sutra:-चरणद्धर्माम्नाययोः ॥ Thus कठानां धर्म = काठकम्, so also कठानां समूहः = काठकम् ॥ Similarly कालापकम्, छान्दोग्यम्, औक्धिक्यम् and आथर्वणम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.