5.1.67
छन्दसि च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix यत् (य) comes in the sense of 'deserving that' after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem), in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context छन्दसि saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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छन्दसि च
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Commentary
The affix यत् (य) comes in the sense of 'deserving that' after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem), in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
This debars ठञ् &c. Thus उदक्या वृत्तयः, यूप्यः पलाशः, गर्त्यो देशः ॥ See 6.1.213.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.