3.2.33
परिमाणे पचः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix खश् comes after the verb पच् 'to cook' when the object in composition with it denotes a measure.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context परिमाणे saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context पचः pañcamī · 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").
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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Full reading
परिमाणे पचः
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Commentary
The affix खश् comes after the verb पच् 'to cook' when the object in composition with it denotes a measure.
Thus प्रस्थं पचति = प्रस्थम्पचा 'a pot having the capacity to cook a prastha of food'; so also द्रोणम्पचः, खारिम्पचः 'a kettle'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.