5.3.114 आयुधजीविसंघाञ्ञ्यड्वाहीकेष्वब्राह्मणराजन्यात्

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context आयुधजीविसङ्घात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term य prathamā · ekavacanaRight context वाहीकेषु saptamī · bahuvacanaLeft context अब्राह्मण- राजन्यात् pañcamī · 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.
Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").

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Full reading

आयुधजीविसङ्घात् ञ्यट् वाहीकेषु अब्राह्मण-राजन्यात्

Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.

Commentary

To a name expressing multitude living by the trade of arms, is added the affix ञ्यट् when it is the name among वाहीक but not when it is the name of a ब्राह्मण , nor when the word is राजन्य।
The anuvritti of अस्त्रियाम् does not govern this sutra. Thus कौण्डीबृस्यः, कौण्डीबृस्यौ pl. कौण्डीबृसाः, fem. कौण्डीबृसी; क्षौद्रक्यः, क्षौद्रकौ, pl. क्षुद्रकाः fem. क्षौद्रकी, मालव्यः, मालव्यौ pl. मालवाः fem. मालवी ॥

Why do we say 'living by the profession of arms'? Observe, मल्लाः, शयण्डाः ॥ Why do we say 'a multitude'? Observe सम्राट् ॥ Why do we say 'amongst the Vahika?' Observe शबराः, पुलिन्दाः ॥ Why do we say "not a Brahmana or the word-form Rajanya"? Observe गोपालवा ब्राह्मणाः, शालङ्कायना राजन्याः ॥

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