5.1.88
वर्षाल्लुक् च
Operational rule vidhi
The above affixes and ख and ठिञ् may also be elided after a द्विगु समास (Numeral Determinative Compound) ending in वर्षा.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context वर्षात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
वर्षात् च
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Commentary
The above affixes and ख and ठिञ् may also be elided after a द्विगु समास (Numeral Determinative Compound) ending in वर्षा।
The affix ख as well as ठञ् come in the five fold senses 5.1.79, 5.1.80, after the word वर्षा forming a Dvigu; and these two affixes may also be elided optionally. Thus we have three forms; द्विवर्षीणो, द्विवार्षिकी or द्विवर्षो व्याधिः 'a disease that lasted two years'. Compare 7.3.16; but when the sense is that of भावी, the form will be द्वैवर्षिकः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.