6.3.81
अव्ययीभावे चाकाले
Operational rule vidhi
स is substituted for सह in an अव्ययीभाव समास when the second member is not a word denoting time.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context अकाले saptamī · 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".
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Full reading
च अकाले
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Commentary
स is substituted for सह in an अव्ययीभाव समास when the second member is not a word denoting time.
Thus सचक्रंधेहि, मधुरं प्राजः, but सहपूर्वाह्णम् the second member being a time denoting word 2.1.5.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.