4.3.155
ञितश्च तत्प्रत्ययात्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अञ् comes in the sense of 'product or part' after a word which ends in an affix having an indicatory ञ् , such affix denoting 'its product or part'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context ञितः pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaLeft context तत्- pañcamī · ekavacana
- 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
ञितः च तत्-
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Commentary
The affix अञ् comes in the sense of 'product or part' after a word which ends in an affix having an indicatory ञ् , such affix denoting 'its product or part'.
The affixes having indicatory ञ denoting product or part, are अञ् 4.3.139, टलञ् 4.3.142, अञ् 4.3.154 वुञ् 4.3.157, ढञ् 4.3.159, अञ्, यञ् 4.5.168. When a tertiary derivative of a word ending with these affixes is to be made, the affix अञ् is used. Thus दैवदारवस्य विकारोऽवयवो वा = दैवदारवम्; so also दाधित्थम्, पालाशम्, शामीलम्, कापोतम् औष्ट्रकम्, ऐणेयम्, कांस्यम्, पारशवम् ॥
Why do we say ञितः ? Witness बैल्वमयं. Here मयट् is used after बैल्व and the derivative is formed by अण् of 4.3.136. So also बैदमयम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.