5.3.39
पूर्वाधरावराणामसि पुरधवश्चैषाम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix असि (अस्) comes in the sense of अस्ताति after 1. पूर्व 2. अधर and 3. अवर ; and 1. पुर् 2. अध् and 3. अव are the respective substitutes before this affix.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target पूर्व- अधर- अवराणाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacanaWord असि Substitute / term पुर्- अध्- अवः prathamā · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyayaTarget एषाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Word Case not marked in the source data.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
पूर्व-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
पूर्व-
Replace pūrva-adhara-avarāṇām eṣām with pur-adh-avaḥ. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
The affix असि (अस्) comes in the sense of अस्ताति after 1. पूर्व 2. अधर and 3. अवर ; and 1. पुर् 2. अध् and 3. अव are the respective substitutes before this affix.
The word अपञ्चम्याः does not govern this sutra. Thus पुरो वसति, पुर आगतः, पुरो रमणीयम् ॥ Similarly अधस् and अवस् with वसति, आगतः and रमणीयम् ॥ As अधोवसति अध-आगतः, अधोरमणीयम्, अवोवसति, अवआगतः and अवोरमणीयम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.