अण् महिष्यादिभ्यः

Operational rule vidhi

The affix अण् comes in the sense of 'its law' after the word महिषी etc.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term अ prathamā · ekavacanaLeft context महिषी- आदिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacana

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.

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अण् महिषी-आदिभ्यः

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Commentary

The affix अण् comes in the sense of 'its law' after the word महिषी etc.
This debars thak. Thus महिष्या धर्म्यं = माहिषम् 'the usages of queens.' So प्राजावतम् ॥

1 महिषी, 2 प्रजापति, 3 प्रजावती, 4 प्रलेपिका, 5 विलेपिका, 6 अनुलेपिका, 7 पुरोहित, 8 वणिपाली, 9 अनुचारक (अनुवारक), 10 होतु, 11 यजमान.

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