3.2.162
विदिभिदिच्छिदेः कुरच्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कुरच् comes in the sense of 'agent having such a habit etc.' after the verbs 1. विद् 'to know' 2. भिद् 'to divide' 3. छिद् 'to pierce'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context विदि- भिदि- च्छिदेः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term उर prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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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Commentary
The affix कुरच् comes in the sense of 'agent having such a habit etc.' after the verbs 1. विद् 'to know' 2. भिद् 'to divide' 3. छिद् 'to pierce'.
As विदुरः पण्डितः 'a knowing Pandit'; भिदुरं काष्टम् 'a splitting or fragile wood'; छिदुरा रज्जुः 'a cutting or breaking rope'. The affix is employed in a reflexive sense after the verbs भिद and छिद.
Vart:- The affix कुरच् comes after the verb व्यध 'to kill'; and there is vocalisation of the semivowel; as विधुरः ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.