5.4.119
उपसर्गाच्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अच् comes after the word नासिका final in a बहुव्रीहि समास when an उपसर्ग (Preposition) precedes it and नस् is substituted for नासिका.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context 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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Full reading
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Commentary
The affix अच् comes after the word नासिका final in a बहुव्रीहि समास when an उपसर्ग (Preposition) precedes it and नस् is substituted for नासिका।
This rule applies where the word is not a sanjna, as it was in the last. Thus उन्नता नासिकास्य = उन्नसः, प्रणसः ॥ The न is changed into ण by 8.4.28.
Vart:- The ग्र substituted for नासिका when वि precedes it. As, विगतानासिकाऽस्य = विग्रः, so also विख्यः in the same sense.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.