4.3.117
संज्ञायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
An affix comes after a word in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction in the sense of 'made by him' when the whole word is a Name.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · ekavacana
- 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
An affix comes after a word in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction in the sense of 'made by him' when the whole word is a Name.
Thus मक्षिकाभिः कृतम् = माक्षिकम्, कार्मुकम्, सारघम्, पौक्तिकम् ॥ All these are names of 'honey', literally 'made by a bee', मक्षिका, सरघा and पुत्तिका meaning 'a bee'. मक्षिका + अण् = माक्षिक 6.4.148. The anuvritti of "ग्रन्थ" does not, of course, apply here.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.