विभाषा वर्षक्षरशरवरात्

Operational rule vidhi

The Locative -7th case-affix ending is optionally retained after 1. वर्ष 2. क्षर 3. शर and 4. वर when ज follows.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaLeft context वर्ष- क्षर- शर- वरात् pañcamī · ekavacana

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.

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Full reading

वर्ष-क्षर-शर-वरात्

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Commentary

The Locative -7th case-affix ending is optionally retained after 1. वर्ष 2. क्षर 3. शर and 4. वर when ज follows.
Thus वर्षेजः or वर्षजः, क्षरेजः or क्षरजः, शरेजः or शरजः, वरेजः or वरजः ॥

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