5.4.116
अप् पूरणीप्रमाण्योः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अप् comes after a बहुव्रीहि समास ending in a feminine ordinal numeral or in the word प्रमाणी.
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Substitute / term अ prathamā · ekavacanaTarget पूरणीप्रमाण्योः ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacana
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अप् पूरणीप्रमाण्योः
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पूरणीप्रमाण्योः → अप्
Replace pūraṇīpramāṇyoḥ with ap. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
The affix अप् comes after a बहुव्रीहि समास ending in a feminine ordinal numeral or in the word प्रमाणी।
The word पूरणी means words in the feminine gender ending in an ordinal affix 5.2.48 &c). प्रमाणा means 'a witness, a principal'. Thus कल्याणां पंचमी आसां रात्रीणां = कल्याणीपंचमा रात्रयः "the nights, the fifth of which is auspicious". कल्याणीदशमा रात्रयः ॥ So also स्त्री प्रमाणी एषां = स्त्रीप्रमाणाः कुटुम्बिनः meaning आर्याप्रधानाः "having a woman for authority".
Vart:- The affix अप् applies when the Ordinal Numeral is the principal (pradhana) member in a compound. When the Ordinal enters fully into another object, and is not merely wrapped up as it were in another object in a secondary way, there the Ordinal is the principal. The prohibition of punvad-bhava--the change of feminine into masculine ordained by 6.3.24 -- applies also to the Ordinal when it is pradhana. Therefore, the affix is not added here. कल्याणपंचमीकः पक्षः = कल्याणी पंचमी अस्मिन् पक्षे ॥
Vart:- The affix अप् comes after नेतृ when preceded by a word denoting asterism. As मृगनेत्रा रात्रयः = मृगो नेता आसां रात्रीणां "the night whose Ieader is the asterism mriga" so also पुष्यनेत्राः ॥ Why do we say "an asterism"? Observe देवदत्तनेर्तृकाः ॥
Vart:- The affix अप् comes after नेतृ in the Chhandas. As बृहस्पतिनेत्रा देवाः, सोमनेत्राः ॥
Vart:- The affix ठच् comes after the word मास when preceded by an ordinal having an affix denoting wages of service. Thus पंचको मासोऽस्य = पंचक मासिकः कर्मकरः मासिका कर्मकर so also दशकमासिकः कर्मकरः ॥ Sutra 5.1.56 gives the rule for forming words denoting 'wages' by adding कन् 5.1.22. Therefore दशकमासिकः means "an artist whose monthly wages are ten coins".
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.