4.2.76
स्त्रीषु सौवीरसाल्वप्राक्षु
Operational rule vidhi
In the context of चतुरर्थाः, To indicate the feminine name of a country in the सौवीर region, शाल्व region or eastern region, the अञ् प्रत्यय is used.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context स्त्रीषु saptamī · bahuvacanaRight context सौवीर- साल्व- प्राक्षु saptamī · bahuvacana
- 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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Full reading
स्त्रीषु सौवीर-
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Commentary
So also when the palace is situated in the lands of the सौवीर or साल्व or of the Eatern People and the word in these cases is always feminine.
The word सौवीर &c, are attributes of देशेतन्नाम्नि 4.2.67: so also the word स्त्रीषु ॥ Thus दात्तामित्री "the city founded by Dattamitra" (in Sauvira). So also वैधूमाग्नी (in Salva) काकन्दी, माकन्दी, माणिचरी, जारुषी (in Eastern countries).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.