1.4.40
प्रत्याङ्भ्यां श्रुवः पूर्वस्य कर्ता
Definition saṃjñā कारकसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā सम्प्रदानसंज्ञा
In the case of the verb श्रु preceded by the prepositions प्रति and अङ् and meaning 'to promise', the person to whom promise is made (literally: the person who as the agent of the former verb) is called सम्प्रदान.
Word by word (padaccheda)
From / after प्रति- आङ्भ्याम् pañcamī · dvivacanaOf श्रुवः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaOf पूर्वस्य ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaTerm / subject कर्ता prathamā · ekavacana
- From / after Pañcamī (5th case): "from X" or "after X"; in headings, often the limit of their scope.
- Of Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): "of X". In this kind of sūtra it marks a relation, not a substitution.
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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Commentary
In the case of the verb श्रु preceded by the prepositions प्रति and अङ् and meaning 'to promise', the person to whom promise is made (literally: the person who as the agent of the former verb) is called सम्प्रदान।
The compound verb प्रतिश्रू and आश्रू means to promise. A promise is made on the motion or at the instance of another. The person so proposing who was the agent of the former action becomes the recipient of the promise in the latter case. As देवदत्ताय गां प्रतिशृणोति--आशृणोति he promises a cow to Devadatta.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.