5.1.6
शरीरावयवाद्यत्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'good for that' after a word denoting a part of the body.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context शरीर- अवयवात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term य prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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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शरीर-
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Commentary
The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'good for that' after a word denoting a part of the body.
The word शरीर means animal organism. This debars छ, thus, द꣡न्त्यम् 'good for the teeth.' क꣡ण्ठ्यम्, ओ꣡ष्ठ्यम्, ना꣡भ्यम्, न꣡स्यम् such as dentrifice, snuff, oil &c. See 6.1.213.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.