व्रीहेः पुरोडाशे

Operational rule vidhi

The affix मयट् comes after the word व्रीहि in the sense of a पुरोडाश.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context व्रीहेः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context पुरोडाशे 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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व्रीहेः पुरोडाशे

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Commentary

The affix मयट् comes after the word व्रीहि in the sense of a पुरोडाश।
This debars अण् 4.3.136. Thus व्रीहिमयः पुरोडाशः 'a sacred cake made of barley.' Otherwise व्रैहम् ॥

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