5.3.38
उत्तराच्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes आच् (आ) and आहि come after उत्तरा come in the sense of अस्ताति when the reference is to a distant limit.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context उत्तरात् pañcamī · 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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उत्तरात् च
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Commentary
The affixes आच् (आ) and आहि come after उत्तरा come in the sense of अस्ताति when the reference is to a distant limit.
Thus उत्तरा or उत्तराहि वसति or रमणीयम् "He lives far away in the north: or the northward far away is pleasant". But when 'distance' is not meant we have उत्तरेण प्रयाति ॥ The word governs this also: as उत्तरादागतः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.