3.1.144
गेहे कः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix क is used after the verb ग्रह 'to seize' when the agent so expressed denotes a house.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context गेहे saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term ः prathamā · ekavacana
- 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").
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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गेहे कः
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Commentary
The affix क is used after the verb ग्रह 'to seize' when the agent so expressed denotes a house.
Thus ग्रह + क 6.1.16 = गृहम् 'a house'. The र is changed into ॠ by the rule of samprasarana. The plural form गृहाः means 'wife', as she is especially the person that constitutes the house; while the plural of गृहं meaning 'house' will be गृहाणि.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.