5.1.1
प्राक् क्रीताच्छः
Heading adhikāra प्राक्क्रीतीयः छाधिकारः
The छ प्रत्यय is used as a default for the प्राक्-क्रीतीय meanings.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable प्राक् avyayaFrom / after क्रीतात् pañcamī · ekavacanaTerm / subject छः prathamā · ekavacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- From / after Pañcamī (5th case): "from X" or "after X"; in headings, often the limit of their scope.
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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Full reading
प्राक् क्रीतात् छः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
From this one forward to तेन कृतम् 6.1.37, the affix छ bears the rule.
The affix छ has the various senses taught in these thirty-seven sutras 5.1.1 to 5.1.37. Thus in the Sutra तस्मैहितं 'suitable for that', 5.1.5. the word छ must be read to complete the sense. Thus वत्सेभ्योहितो = वत्सीयो गोधुक्, करभीय उष्ट्रः, अकरभीयः, अवत्सीयः ॥ The limitation of the jurisdiction of छ has been indicated in the sutra with regard to the meaning of the affix, and not with regard to the affix. As an affix, छ has no force beyond Sutra 17, the affix ठञ् being the ruling affix thereafter.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.