4.3.86
अभिनिष्क्रामति द्वारम्
Operational rule vidhi
An affix -- प्राग्दीव्यतोऽण् (4.1.83) etc. comes after a word in the Accusative -2nd case in construction in the sense of 'a door which looks towards that'.
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Verb अभिनिष्क्रामति tiṅantaSubstitute / term द्वारम् prathamā · ekavacana
- Verb A finite verb form (tiṅanta).
- 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
अभिनिष्क्रामति द्वारम्
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Commentary
An affix -- प्राग्दीव्यतोऽण् 4.1.83 etc. comes after a word in the Accusative -2nd case in construction in the sense of 'a door which looks towards that'.
Thus स्रौघ्नः 'a gate which looks towards Srughna', -- as a gate of Kanyakubja. So also माथुरम्, राष्ट्रियम् ॥
Objection. The sutra would have stood better as अभिनिष्क्रमणं द्वारं, for by using अभिनिष्क्रामति, you make the word द्वारं as if it was a being endowed with sense.
Ans. This objection may be answered by saying that the gate is the well-known instrument (करण) to the action of अभिनिष्क्रमण; and an instrument may be used as an agent to a verb: as साध्वसिश्छिनत्ति 'the sword cuts nicely.'
Why do we say द्वारम् "when it is a gate"? Observe स्रुघ्नमभिनिष्क्रामति पुरुषः 'a person faces towards Srughna'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.