4.3.105
पुराणप्रोक्तेषु ब्राह्मणकल्पेषु
Operational rule vidhi
The affix णिनि comes in the sense of 'enounced by him' after a word in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction when it denotes a ब्राह्मण or a कल्प-work enounced by ancient sages.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context पुराण- प्रोक्तेषु saptamī · bahuvacanaRight context ब्राह्मण- कल्पेषु 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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Commentary
The affix णिनि comes in the sense of 'enounced by him' after a word in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction when it denotes a ब्राह्मण or a कल्प-work enounced by ancient sages.
This sutra further gives the sense of the affix. पुराण means 'Ancient Sages.' equivalent to पुरातण. Of Brahmana literature, the examples are, शाट्यायनिनः, एतेरायणः ॥ Kalpa work : as पैङ्गीकल्पः, आरुणपराजी ॥
Why do we say पुराणप्रोक्तेषु 'announced by ancient sages.'? Observe याज्ञवल्कानि ब्राह्मणानि, आश्मरथः कल्पः ॥ 6.4.151 Yajnavalkya &c being sages of modern times. The तद् विषय affix 4.2.66 will not also apply to these, because the word ब्राह्मण in 4.2.66 is restricted to पुराणप्रोक्त of the present sutra.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.