3.2.6
प्रे दाज्ञः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix क comes after the root दा 'to give' and ज्ञ 'to know', when taking the preposition प्र in composition with a word in the Accusative -2nd case.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context प्रे saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context दाज्ञः 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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प्रे दाज्ञः
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Commentary
The affix क comes after the root दा 'to give' and ज्ञ 'to know', when taking the preposition प्र in composition with a word in the Accusative -2nd case.
We applied by sutra 3 the affix क after verbs that ended in long आ and had no upasarga. Now begins the case of verbs with upasarga. This debars the affix अण्; as सर्वप्रदः 6.4.64 'giver of all; liberal', पथिप्रज्ञः 6.4.64 'acquainted with roads'. The long आ of दा and ज्ञा is elided by 6.4.64.
Why do we say 'when taking प्र'? With any other upasarga these verbs will take the general affix अण्; as गोसन्दाय.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.