4.4.124
मायायामण्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अण् comes in the sense of 'glamour' after the word असुर in the Genitive 6th-Case in construction, in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context मायायाम् saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अ prathamā · ekavacana
- 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").
- 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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मायायाम् अण्
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Commentary
The affix अण् comes in the sense of 'glamour' after the word असुर in the Genitive 6th-Case in construction, in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
This debars यत् ॥ असुरस्य माया = आसुरः feminine आसुरी꣡ ॥ As आसुरी माया स्वधया कृतासि ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.