अनश्च

Operational rule vidhi

The affix टच् comes after an अव्ययीभाव समास ending in अम् as the final of a compound.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context अनः 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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अनः च

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Commentary

The affix टच् comes after an अव्ययीभाव समास ending in अम् as the final of a compound.
Thus उपराजम्, अध्यात्मम्, प्रत्यात्मम् ॥ The final अन् is elided by 6.4.144.

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