3.2.86
कर्मणि हनः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix णिनि comes after the verb हन् 'to kill' with the sense of past time, when the word in composition is in the Accusative -2nd case.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context कर्मणि saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context हनः 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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कर्मणि हनः
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Commentary
The affix णिनि comes after the verb हन् 'to kill' with the sense of past time, when the word in composition is in the Accusative -2nd case.
As पितृव्यघातिन् 'who has killed his paternal uncle'; मातुलघातिन् 'who has killed his maternal uncle'; हन् + णिनि = घन् + णिनि 7.3.54 = घत् + णिनि 7.3.32 = घातिन् 7.2.116.
This affix is employed only when censure is implied. Therefore it is not employed in चोरं हतवान् 'he has killed the thief'.
The anuvritti of the word कर्मणि of this aphorism extends up to sutra 3.2.96.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.