आकालिकडाद्यन्तवचने

Operational rule vidhi

The word आकालिकट् is irregularly formed in the sense of 'what coincides with the beginning and the end i.e. what lasts only an instant'.

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Substitute / term आकालिकट् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context आद्यन्तवचने saptamī · ekavacana

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").

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आकालिकट् आद्यन्तवचने

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Commentary

The word आकालिकट् is irregularly formed in the sense of 'what coincides with the beginning and the end i.e. what lasts only an instant'.
The word आकाल is substituted for समानकाल. Thus आकालिकः स्तनयित्नुः 'a thunder lasting for an instant'. आकालिकी विद्युत् "a lightening lasting a twinkle". i. e. whose death is equal to its time of birth or dying as soon as born.

Vart:- The affixes ठन् and ठञ् also come after आकाल; as आकालिका विद्युत् ॥

So far is the governing power of the affix ठञ् 5.1.18.

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