4.3.141
पलाशादिभ्यो वा
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अञ् comes optionally in the sense of 'modification or part' after the words पलाश etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context पलाश- आदिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaIndeclinable वा avyaya
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
पलाश-
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Commentary
The affix अञ् comes optionally in the sense of 'modification or part' after the words पलाश etc.
Thus पालाशम् or पालाशम् so also खादिरम् or खादिरम्, यावासम् or यावासम् ॥
This sutra is an example of prapta and aprapta vibhasha. The words पलाश, खदिर, शिंशपा and स्यन्दन being gravely accented on the first syllable, the affix अञ् was obligatory by the last aphorism. This makes it optional, and is prapta-vibhasha. In the case of others it is aprapta-vibhasha.
1 पलाश, 2 खदिर, 3 शिंशपा, 4 स्यन्दन (स्पन्दन), 5 पूलाक, 6 करीर, 7 शिरीष, 8 यवास, 9 विकङ्कत.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.