5.2.99
फेनादिलच् च
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes इलच् and लच् come in the sense of मतुप् after the word फेन and optionally after the affix मतुप् also.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context फेनात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term इलच् 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
फेनात् इलच् च
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Commentary
The affixes इलच् and लच् come in the sense of मतुप् after the word फेन and optionally after the affix मतुप् also.
The word च् draws in लच्; and the word अन्यतरस्याम् understood in the sutra adds मतुप् in the alternative. As फेनिलः, फेनलः and फेनवान् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.