6.1.138
समवाये च
Operational rule vidhi
The augment सुट् is placed before क even when सम् , परि , and उप are followed by the verb कृ and the sense being that of combining.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context समवाये saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
Full reading
समवाये च
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Commentary
The augment सुट् is placed before क even when सम् , परि , and उप are followed by the verb कृ and the sense being that of combining.
The word समवाय means aggregation. Thus तत्र नः संष्कृतम् तत्र नः परिष्कृतम्, तत्र नः उपष्कृतम् = समुदितम् that is 'we assembled there'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.