3.2.70
दुहः कब् घश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कप् comes after the verb दुह् 'to milk' when in composition with a word ending in a case-affix and the letter घ replaces the final.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context दुहः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term कप् prathamā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term ः prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
दुहः कप् घः च
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Commentary
The affix कप् comes after the verb दुह् 'to milk' when in composition with a word ending in a case-affix and the letter घ replaces the final.
As कामदुघा धेनुः 'a milch cow, giving abundance of milk'; so also अर्थदुघा, धर्मदुघा ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.