Grammatical Sūtra: सप्तनोऽञ् छन्दसि saptano'ñ chandasi
Individual Word Components: saptanaḥ añ chandasi
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: saptanaḥ añ chandasi pratyayaḥ (3.1.1), paraḥ (3.1.2), ca (3.1.2), ādyudāttaḥ (3.1.3), ca (3.1.3), ṅyāpprātipadikāt (4.1.1), taddhitāḥ (4.1.76), samarthānām (4.1.82), prathamāt (4.1.82), vā (4.1.82), strīpuṁsābhyām (4.1.87), nañsnañau (4.1.87), bhavanāt (4.1.87), ṭhañ (5.1.18), ṭhak (5.1.19), tat (5.1.57), asya (5.1.57), parimāṇam (5.1.57), varge (5.1.60)
Type of Rule: vidhi
Preceding adhikāra rule:5.1.19 (1ārhād agopucchasaṅkhyāparimāṇāṭ ṭhak)
Description:
The affix añ (±/((a))) comes after the word saptan, in the Chhandas, when the meaning is that of a Varga. Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0
[The taddhitá 4.1.76 affix 3.1.1] aÑ is introduced, in the domain of Chándas, [after 3.1.2 the nominal stem 4.1.1] saptán- `7' [ending in 1.1.72 the first sUP triplet to denote `its measure' 57 to designate a class 60]. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.