7.1.49
स्नात्व्यादयश्च
Operational rule vidhi
स्नात्व्यी etc. are irregularly formed in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term स्नात्व्यादयः prathamā · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
स्नात्व्यादयः च
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Commentary
स्नात्व्यी etc. are irregularly formed in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Thus स्नात्वी मलादिव, for स्नात्वा; पीत्वी सोमस्य वावृधे for पीत्वा ॥ The word आदि 'et cetera' means "of the form of", namely words having form like स्नात्वी, as पीत्वी &c.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.