5.1.109
प्रयोजनम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of 'that whose occasion or purpose is this' after a word in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction.
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Substitute / term प्रयोजनम् prathamā · ekavacana
- 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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Full reading
प्रयोजनम्
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Commentary
The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of 'that whose occasion or purpose is this' after a word in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction.
As इन्द्रमहः प्रयोजनमस्य = ऐन्द्रमहिकम्, गाङ्गामहिकम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.