4.3.159

एण्या ढञ्

Operational rule vidhi

The affix ढञ् comes optionally in the sense of 'product or part' after the feminine word एणी.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context एण्याः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana
  • Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
  • Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.

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एण्याः ढञ्

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Commentary

The affix ढञ् comes optionally in the sense of 'product or part' after the feminine word एणी।
Thus ऐणेयं मांसम् 'the flesh of a female black deer.' But एणस्य मांसम् = ऐणम् 'the flesh of a male deer', formed by अञ् ॥

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

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