7.3.62
प्रयाजानुयाजौ यज्ञाङ्गे
Operational rule vidhi
प्रयाज and अनुयाज are irregularly formed with घञ् when meaning 'a portion of a sacrificial offering'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term प्रयाजानुयाजौ prathamā · dvivacanaRight context यज्ञाङ्गे 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
प्रयाजानुयाजौ यज्ञाङ्गे
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Commentary
प्रयाज and अनुयाज are irregularly formed with घञ् when meaning 'a portion of a sacrificial offering'.
These words are derived from यज् with घञ् without the guttural substitution; as पञ्च प्रयाजाः, त्रयोनुयाजाः, त्वमग्ने प्रयाजाना पश्चात् त्वं पुरुस्तात् ॥ But प्रयागः and अनुयागः when not referring to portions of a sacrifice. The प्रयाज and अनुयाज are illustrative only. The guttural change does not take place with other prepositions &c. also, as उपयाजः, उपांशुयाजः, संयाजः, ऋतुयाजः, as in the sentences एकादशोपयाजाः, उपांशु याजमन्तरा यजति, अष्टो पत्नी संयाजा भवन्ति, ऋतुयाजैश्चरन्ति ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.