1.1.40
क्त्वातोसुन्कसुनः
Definition saṃjñā अव्ययसंज्ञा
The words ending in क्त्वा, तोसुन् and कसुन् प्रत्यय are known as 'अव्यय'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Term / subject क्त्वा- तोसुन्- कसुनः prathamā · bahuvacana
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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Full reading
क्त्वा-
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Commentary
The words ending in क्त्व , तोसुन् -- भावलक्षणे स्थेण्कृञ्वदिचरिहुतमिजनिभ्यस्तोसुन् 3.4.16, and कसुन् are अव्यय or indeclinables.
As कृत्वा 'having done' उदेतोः 'having risen,' विसृपः 'having spread.' Thus in the following examples the words within quotation are indeclinables:-- पुरासूर्य 'स्योदेतो' राधेयः । पुरावत्साना 'मपाकर्त्तोः' । पुराक्रूरस्य 'विसृपोः' विरप्सिन्नु दादाय पृथवीं जीवदानुम् ॥ (Yajur Veda . I.28) य ऋते चिदभिश्रिषः पुरा जर्तृभ्यः ' आतृदः' । (Rig Ved. VIIIa. I.12).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.