आयुधाच्छ च

Operational rule vidhi

The affixes छ and ठन् come in the sense of 'he conveys thereby' after the word आयुध.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context आयुधात् pañcamī · ekavacanaWord छ Indeclinable च avyaya

Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
Word Case not marked in the source data.
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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Full reading

आयुधात् छ च

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Commentary

The affixes छ and ठन् come in the sense of 'he conveys thereby' after the word आयुध।
Thus आयुधेन जीवति = आयुधीयः (formed by छ), or आयुधिकः (by ठन्) 'a mercenary soldier'.

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