ङ्याश्छन्दसि बहुलम्

Operational rule vidhi

In the छन्दस , the ending नाम् has diversely the acute accent after the feminine affix ई.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context ङ्याः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context छन्दसि saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term बहुलम् prathamā · 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").
Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.

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Full reading

ङ्याः छन्दसि बहुलम्

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Commentary

In the छन्दस , the ending नाम् has diversely the acute accent after the feminine affix ई।
Thus देवसमानाम् अभिभञ्जतीना꣡म्, बह्वीना꣡म् पिता ॥ Sometimes it does not take place, as नदी꣡नाम् परि; जयन्तीनाम् मरुतः ॥

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