4.3.12
श्राद्धे शरदः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठञ् comes in the remaining senses after the word शरद् when expressing श्राद्ध.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context श्राद्धे saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context शरदः pañcamī · 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").
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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Full reading
श्राद्धे शरदः
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Commentary
The affix ठञ् comes in the remaining senses after the word शरद् when expressing श्राद्ध।
This debars अण् 4.3.16. The word श्राद्धे means the 'funeral oblation'; and not श्रद्धावान् पुरुषः 'a faithful or believing person'. Thus शारदिकं श्राद्धं 'the autumnal Sraddha'. When not meaning 'Sraddha', it will be शारदम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.