3.3.84
परौ घः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix क also comes after a root हन् 'to kill' when the उपसर्ग परि is in composition and the relation between the word so formed and the verb is that of an instrument and घ replaces हन् .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context परौ saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term ः prathamā · 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").
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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परौ घः
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Commentary
The affix क also comes after a root हन् 'to kill' when the उपसर्ग परि is in composition and the relation between the word so formed and the verb is that of an instrument and घ replaces हन् ।
Thus परिघः or पलिघः 8.2.22 'an iron beam used for locking or shutting the gate, an iron club'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.