4.3.9
अ साम्प्रतिके
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अ comes in the remaining senses after the word मध्य , the meaning being 'fit' or 'proper'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Word अ Right context साम्प्रतिके saptamī · ekavacana
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- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
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अ साम्प्रतिके
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Commentary
The affix अ comes in the remaining senses after the word मध्य , the meaning being 'fit' or 'proper'.
The word सांप्रतिक means 'equity, propriety, right, fit'. As नातिदीर्घं नाति हृस्वं मध्यं काष्ठम् "the proper piece of wood--neither too long nor too short". मध्ये वैयाकरणः "the fit Grammarian, neither too refined nor too dull". मध्यास्त्री "a proper wife".
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.