वस्तेर्ढञ्

Operational rule vidhi

The affix ढञ् comes in the sense of 'like this' after वस्ति.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context वस्तेः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana

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.

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Full reading

वस्तेः ढञ्

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Commentary

The affix ढञ् comes in the sense of 'like this' after वस्ति।
The word इव is understood here. The affixes taught hence forward come in a general sense, and are not confined to images. Thus वस्तिरिव = वास्तेयः fem. वास्तेयी 'like the abdomen'.

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