4.3.50
संवत्सराग्रहायणीभ्यां ठञ् च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठञ् also (as well as वुञ् ) comes after the words 1. संवत्सरा 2. अग्राहायणी in the sense of 'debt due'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context संवत्सर- आग्रहायणीभ्याम् pañcamī · dvivacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
संवत्सर-
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Commentary
The affix ठञ् also (as well as वुञ् ) comes after the words 1. संवत्सरा 2. अग्राहायणी in the sense of 'debt due'.
Thus संवत्सरे देयमृणं = सांवत्सरिकं, and सांवत्सरकं ॥ आग्रहायणिकं or आग्रहायणकं ॥
The word संवत्सर occurs in Sandhiveladi Class 4.3.16 and takes अण् when 'fruit' or 'festivity' is meant. The present sutra enjoins ठञ् when 'debt' is indicated.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.