4.4.126
अश्विमानण्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अण् comes in the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the words अश्विमान् to denote bricks put up with the मन्त्र containing the word अश्विन् and the affix मतुप् is लुक् elided.
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Substitute / term अश्विमान् prathamā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अ prathamā · ekavacana
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अश्विमान् अण्
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Commentary
The affix अण् comes in the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the words अश्विमान् to denote bricks put up with the मन्त्र containing the word अश्विन् and the affix मतुप् is लुक् elided.
Thus अश्चिमानुपधानो मन्त्र आसामिष्टकानां = आश्चिनः fem. आश्चिनी ॥ The word is thus formed अश्चिमान् + अण् = अश्चि + अण् the matup being elided 4.4.125 = अश्विन् + अण् 6.4.164 = आश्विन ॥ Thus आश्वि꣡नीरुपदधाति 'he collects Asvin bricks i. e. bricks at the time of collecting which Mantras containing अश्विन् were uttered. See Yajur Veda Tait S. 5.3. I.I.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.