3.3.83
स्तम्बे क च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix क also comes after a root हन् 'to kill' when स्तम्ब 'a clump' is the word in composition and the relation of the word so formed to the verb is that of the instrument.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context स्तम्बे saptamī · ekavacanaWord क Indeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Word Case not marked in the source data.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
स्तम्बे क च
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Commentary
The affix क also comes after a root हन् 'to kill' when स्तम्ब 'a clump' is the word in composition and the relation of the word so formed to the verb is that of the instrument.
The word च in the sutra draws in अप् from the last aphorism and in that case घन् replaces हन्. Thus स्तम्बघ्नः or स्तम्बघनः 'a small hoe for weeding clumps of grass'. In the feminine gender, the forms are स्तम्बघ्ना as well as स्तम्बघना । when क is added, we have स्तम्बघ्नः । Thus हन् + क + ह्न् + अ 6.4.98 = घ्न 7.3.54. When अप् is added हन् is totally replaced by घन् । When instrument is not meant, we have स्तम्बघातः ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.