2.1.3
प्राक् कडारात् समासः
Definition saṃjñā समाससंज्ञाHeading adhikāra समासाधिकारः
The समास term is discussed from this sutra onwards till the end of second पाद of the second chapter.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable प्राक् avyayaFrom / after कडारात् pañcamī · ekavacanaTerm / subject prathamā · ekavacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- From / after Pañcamī (5th case): "from X" or "after X"; in headings, often the limit of their scope.
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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Full reading
प्राक् कडारात्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
From this point up to the aphorism कडाराः कर्मधारये 2.2.38, all the terms that we shall say, describe will get the designation of समास or compound
Thus it will be stated. 'The indeclinable word यया when not meaning like unto.' Here the word समास must be read into the sutra to complete the sense. • In fact this chapter and the second chapter treat of compounds and therefore the word compound must be read in all those aphorisms.
The word prák is employed for the same purpose as it was used in 1.4.56 that is to give the designation of समास to various technical terms like अव्ययीभाव &c. which otherwise would not have got the name of समास.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.