4.3.8
मध्यान्मः
Operational rule vidhi
After the word मध्य there is the affix म in the remaining senses.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context मध्यात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term मः 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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Full reading
मध्यात् मः
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Commentary
After the word मध्य there is the affix म in the remaining senses.
This debars अण् ॥ As मध्यमः "middlemost".
Vart:- So also after the word आदि ॥ As आदिमः "Adam, or born in the beginning".
Vart:- So also after the words अवस् and अधस्, the final स् being elided. As अवमम्, अधमम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.