धर्मशीलवर्णान्ताच्च

Operational rule vidhi

The affix इनि (इन्) comes in the sense of मतुप् (to the exclusion of others) after nominal steps ending in 1. धर्म 2. शील 3. वर्ण.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context धर्मशीलवर्णान्तात् pañcamī · 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.
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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धर्मशीलवर्णान्तात् च

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Commentary

The affix इनि (इन्) comes in the sense of मतुप् (to the exclusion of others) after nominal steps ending in 1. धर्म 2. शील 3. वर्ण।
Thus ब्राह्मणानां धर्मः = ब्राह्मणधर्मः, सोऽस्यास्ति = ब्राह्मणधर्मी ॥ ब्राह्मणशीलिन्, ब्राह्मणवर्णिन् ॥

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