4.3.57
ग्रीवाभ्योऽण् च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अण् also (as well as ढञ् ) comes after the word ग्रीवा in the sense of 'what stays there'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context ग्रीवाभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term अ 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
ग्रीवाभ्यः अण् च
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Commentary
The affix अण् also (as well as ढञ् ) comes after the word ग्रीवा in the sense of 'what stays there'.
This debars यत् 4.3.55 ग्रीवासु भवं = ग्रवेयम् or ग्रैवम् ॥ The word ग्रीवा means blood-vessels, and as they are many, the word is used in the plural in the sutra.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.