2.1.64
किं क्षेपे
Operational rule vidhi
The word किम् 'what', when implying 'contempt' is compounded with a word ending in case-affix and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term किम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context क्षेपे 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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किम् क्षेपे
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Commentary
The word किम् 'what', when implying 'contempt' is compounded with a word ending in case-affix and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष ।
As किं राजा यो न रक्षति 'he is a bad king who does not protect his subjects.' किं सखा योऽभिद्रुह्यति 'he is a bad friend who hates.' किं गौः यो न वहति 'it is a bad ox that does not carry.'
The affix टच् 5.4.91 does not come after this compound as in महाराजः मद्रराजः &c., by force of Rule 5.4.70. Otherwise the form would have been किंराज and not किंराजा.
Why do we say 'when censure is implied?' Observe कस्य राजा = किंराजः 'whose king;' किंसखः
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.