5.1.64
छेदादिभ्यो नित्यम्
Operational rule vidhi
After the words छेद etc. in the Accusative -2nd case in construction, the above mentioned affixes have the sense of 'who deserves that under all circumstances'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context छेदादिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term नित्यम् 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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Full reading
छेदादिभ्यः नित्यम्
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Commentary
After the words छेद etc. in the Accusative -2nd case in construction, the above mentioned affixes have the sense of 'who deserves that under all circumstances'.
Thus छेदं नित्यमर्हति = छैदिकः, so also भैदिकः ॥
1 छेद, 2 भेद, 3 द्रोह, 4 दोह, 5 मर्त (वर्त), 6 कर्ष, 7 तीर्थ, 8 संप्रयोग, 9 विप्रयोग, 10 प्रयोग, 11 विप्रकर्ष, 12 प्रेषण, 13 संप्रश्न, 14 विप्रश्न, 15 विकर्ष, 16 प्रकर्ष, 17 विराग विरङ्गं च (from विराग is formed वैरङ्गिक), ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.