4.3.164
प्लक्षादिभ्योऽण्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अण् comes in the sense of 'product or part, it being a fruit' after the words प्लक्ष etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context प्लक्ष- आदिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term अ 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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प्लक्ष-
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Commentary
The affix अण् comes in the sense of 'product or part, it being a fruit' after the words प्लक्ष etc.
This debars अञ् ॥ Thus प्लाक्षम्, नैयग्रोधम् ॥
1 प्लक्ष 2 न्यग्रोध, 3 अश्वत्थ, 4 इङ्गुदी, 5 शिग्रु, 6 रुरु, 7 कक्षतु ( कर्कन्धु, कर्कन्तु ऋक्रतु) 8 बृहती. ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.