6.3.8
परस्य च
Operational rule vidhi
The Dative -4th Case endings is not elided after पर when the compound is the name of a technical term in grammar.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target परस्य ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
Full reading
परस्य च
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The Dative -4th Case endings is not elided after पर when the compound is the name of a technical term in grammar.
Thus परस्मैपदम्, परस्मभाषा ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.