6.3.13
बन्धे च विभाषा
Operational rule vidhi
The Locative -7th case-affix is optionally not elided after a word ending in a consonant or अ before बन्ध.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context बन्धे saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana
- 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".
- 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
बन्धे च
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Commentary
The Locative -7th case-affix is optionally not elided after a word ending in a consonant or अ before बन्ध।
Thus हस्तबन्धः or हस्तबन्धः, चक्रेबन्धः or चक्रबन्धः ॥ This declares an option, with regard to the last rule, in a Bahuvrihi when the first member is a स्वाङ्ग word, and also it is an option to 6.3.19, when the compound is a Tatpurusha, whether the first be स्वांग or not. The word बन्धः is घञ् formed word. When the first member ends in a vowel (other than अ), the rule does not apply. As गुप्तिबन्धः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.