5.3.103
शाखादिभ्यो यत्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'like this' after शाखा etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context शाखादिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term य 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
शाखादिभ्यः यत्
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Commentary
The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'like this' after शाखा etc.
Thus शाखेव = शाख्यः, मुख्यः 6.1.213, जघन्यः &c.
1 शाखा, 2 मुख, 3 जघन, 4 शृङ्ग 5 मेघ, 6 अभ्र, 7 चरण, 8 स्कन्ध, 9 स्कन्द, 10 उरस्, 11 शिरस्, 12 अग्र, 13 शरण ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.