3.2.185
पुवः संज्ञायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix इत्र comes after the verb पू 'to purify' with the sense of the agent so expressed being the instrument when the sense of the complete word is simply appellative and not descriptive.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context पुवः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context संज्ञायाम् saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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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पुवः संज्ञायाम्
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Commentary
The affix इत्र comes after the verb पू 'to purify' with the sense of the agent so expressed being the instrument when the sense of the complete word is simply appellative and not descriptive.
The verb पू includes two verbs पूङ् and पूञ् both meaning 'to purify', but belonging to two different conjugations; as पवित्रं an instrument for cleansing or purifying, such as a sieve or a strainer; and in this sense it means 'two blades of Kusa grass used at sacrifices in purifying and sprinkling ghee'. It also means 'the sacred thread, the clarified butter, &c'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.