4.2.98

दक्षिणापश्चात्पुरसस्त्यक्

Operational rule vidhi

The words 1. दक्षिणा 2. पश्चात् and 3. पुरस् the affix त्यक् (त्य) is added in the remaining senses.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context दक्षिणा- पश्चात्- पुरसः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term त्यक् prathamā · ekavacana
  • Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
  • Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.

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Full reading

दक्षिणा-पश्चात्-पुरसः त्यक्

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Commentary

The words 1. दक्षिणा 2. पश्चात् and 3. पुरस् the affix त्यक् (त्य) is added in the remaining senses.
As दाक्षिणात्यः 'pertaining or produced in the south'; पाश्चात्यः 'occidental', पौरस्त्यः 'oriental'.

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

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