6.4.173
औक्षमनपत्ये
Operational rule vidhi
From उक्षन् is formed औक्ष when not meaning a descendant.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term औक्षम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context अनपत्ये saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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").
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Full reading
औक्षम् अनपत्ये
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Commentary
From उक्षन् is formed औक्ष when not meaning a descendant.
As औक्षं पटम् but औक्ष्णः = उक्ष्णोऽपत्यम्, the अ is elided in the latter example by 6.4.135.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.