5.3.37
आहि च दूरे
Operational rule vidhi
The affix आहि comes after the word दक्षिण in the sense of अस्ताति as well as आच् when the reference is to a distant limit.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Word आहि Indeclinable च avyayaRight context दूरे saptamī · ekavacana
- Word Case not marked in the source data.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- 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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आहि च दूरे
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Commentary
The affix आहि comes after the word दक्षिण in the sense of अस्ताति as well as आच् when the reference is to a distant limit.
Thus दक्षिणाहि वसति or दक्षिणा वसति 'he lives far away in the south'. Similarly दक्षिणाहिं रमनायम्, दक्षिणा रमणीयम् ॥
Why do we say दूरे 'when the adverb denotes a distant limit'? Observe दक्षिणतो वसति ॥ The word अपञ्चम्याः governs this also: as, दक्षिणत आगतः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.