5.2.38
पुरुषहस्तिभ्यामण् च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अण् , द्वयसच् , दघ्नश्च and मात्रच् come in the sense of 'that whereof this is the lineal measure' after the words 1. पुरुष and 2. हस्ति in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context पुरुषहस्तिभ्याम् pañcamī · dvivacanaSubstitute / term अ 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
पुरुषहस्तिभ्याम् अण् च
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The affix अण् , द्वयसच् , दघ्नश्च and मात्रच् come in the sense of 'that whereof this is the lineal measure' after the words 1. पुरुष and 2. हस्ति in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction.
The phrase तदस्य प्रमाणं is understood here. By च the affixes द्वयसच् &c are drawn in. Thus पुरुषः प्रमाणमस्य = पौरुषम्, पुरुषद्वयसम्, पुरुषदघ्नम्, पुरुषमात्रम्, हस्तिद्वयसम्, हस्तिदघ्नम्, हस्तिमात्रम्, हास्तिनम् ॥
Vart:- The affix is always elided after a Dvigu. As द्विपुरुषमुदकम्, त्रिपुरुषम्, द्विहस्ति, त्रिहस्ति, द्विपुरुषी, त्रिपुरुषी, द्विहस्तिनी त्रिहस्तिनी ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.