4.3.106
शौनकादिभ्यश्छन्दसि
Operational rule vidhi
The affix णिनि comes in the sense of 'enounced by him' after the words शौनक etc. in denoting छन्दस् (Vedas).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context शौनक- आदिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaRight context छन्दसि saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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 the words शौनक etc. in denoting छन्दस् (Vedas).
This debars छ and अण् ॥ Thus शौनकेन प्रोक्तंमधीयते = शौनकिनः 'who study 4.2.64 the Chhandas enounced by Saunaka.' वाजसनेयिनः &c.
Why do we say 'in denoting Chhandas'? Observe शौनकीया शिक्षा 'the orthography of Saunaka.'
The word कठशाठ occurs in this list. This must always be taken as a compound for affixing this affix. After the single word कठ the affix is elided 4.3.107. Thus कठशाठाभ्यां प्रोक्तामधीयते = काठशाठिनः ॥
1 शौनक, 2 वाजसनेय, 3 शार्ङ्गरव, 4 शापेय (सांपेय), 5 शाष्पेय (शाखेय) 6 खाडायन, 7 स्तम्भ (स्कम्भ), 8 स्कन्ध, 9 देवदर्शन, 10 रज्जुभार, 11 रज्जुकण्ठ, 12 कठशाठ, 13 कषाय (कशाय) 14 तल, 15 दण्ड, 16 पुरुषांसक (पुरुषासक), 17 अश्वपेज (अश्वपेठा), 18 साङ्गरव, 19 स्कन्द, 20 देवदत्तशठ, 21 तलवकार.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.