6.3.15
प्रावृट्शरत्कालदिवां जे
Operational rule vidhi
The Locative -7th case-affix ending is retained after 1. प्रावट् 2. काल and 3. दिव् when ज follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target प्रावृट्- शरत्- काल- दिवाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacanaRight context जे saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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").
Full reading
प्रावृट्-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The Locative -7th case-affix ending is retained after 1. प्रावट् 2. काल and 3. दिव् when ज follows.
Thus प्रावृषिजः, शरदिजः, कालेजः, दिविजः ॥ This sutra is but an extension or amplification of the previous sutra.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.