4.3.91
आयुधजीविभ्यश्छः पर्वते
Operational rule vidhi
The affix छ comes after a word denoting 'mountain' in the sense of 'this is his mother-land', when it is a person who lives by arms.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context आयुधजीविभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term छः prathamā · ekavacanaRight context पर्वते saptamī · 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.
- 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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आयुधजीविभ्यः छः पर्वते
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Commentary
The affix छ comes after a word denoting 'mountain' in the sense of 'this is his mother-land', when it is a person who lives by arms.
The word आयुधजीवी means a person who earns his livelihood by arms. The phrase सोऽस्याभिजनः is to be read into the sutra. Thus हृदगोलः पर्वतोऽभिजन एषामायुधजीविनां = हृद्गोलीयाः 'the mercenary soldiers whose ancestral abode is the Hridgola mountain'. So also अन्धकवर्त्तीयाः, रोहितगिरीयाः ॥
Why do we say आयुधजीविभ्यः ? Observe आर्क्षोदा ब्राह्मणाः "the Brahmanas whose native place is Rikshoda mountains". Why do we say 'mountains'? Observe सांकाश्यका आयुधजीविनः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.