5.4.48
षष्ठ्या व्याश्रये
Operational rule vidhi
The affix तसि comes optionally after a word ending in the Genitive 6th-Case when the sense is that of a party-name or function.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context षष्ठ्याः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context व्याश्रये saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
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षष्ठ्याः व्याश्रये
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Commentary
The affix तसि comes optionally after a word ending in the Genitive 6th-Case when the sense is that of a party-name or function.
Taking sides with one faction or another is called व्याश्रयः ॥ Thus देवा अर्जुनस्य पक्षेऽभवन् = देवा अर्जुनतोऽभवन् ॥ 'The Devas became Arjunites'. So also आदित्याः कर्णतोऽभवन्. "The Adityas became Karnaites".
Why do we say "when it denotes a Party-name"? Observe, वृक्षस्य शाखा "the branch of the tree".
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.