घच्छौ च

Operational rule vidhi

The affixes घच् and छ come in the sense of 'what stays there' after the word अग्र , in the छन्दस् (Vedas).

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term - छौ prathamā · dvivacanaIndeclinable च avyaya

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

-छौ च

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Commentary

The affixes घच् and छ come in the sense of 'what stays there' after the word अग्र , in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Thus अ꣡ग्र्यम् (by यत्), अग्रीयम्꣡ (by छ) and अ꣡ग्रियम् (by घच्). And अग्रियम् (by घन्) from 4.4.115. See R. V. I.13.10 (Sayana) इ॒हत्वष्टा॑रमग्रियम् ॥

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.