4.3.158
उमोर्णयोर्वा
Operational rule vidhi
The affix वुञ् comes optionally in the sense of 'product or part' after the words 1. उमा and 2. ऊर्णा.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target उमा- ऊर्णयोः ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacanaIndeclinable वा avyaya
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
उमा- ऊर्णयोः वा
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Commentary
The affix वुञ् comes optionally in the sense of 'product or part' after the words 1. उमा and 2. ऊर्णा।
Thus औमम् or औमकम्, और्णम् or और्णकम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.