पिष्टाच्च

Operational rule vidhi

The affix मयट् invariably comes in the sense of 'its product or part' after the word पिष्ट.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context पिष्टात् pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च 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

पिष्टात् च

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Commentary

The affix मयट् invariably comes in the sense of 'its product or part' after the word पिष्ट।
This debars अण् ॥ Thus पिष्टमयं भस्म ॥ Otherwise अण्, as पैष्टी सुरा in the sense of तस्येदम् ॥

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.