3.4.33
चेले क्नोपेः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix णमुल् comes after the causative of the root क्नूय् 'to wet', when there is compounded with a noun denoting 'clothing', in the Accusative -2nd case, as an उपपद , if the whole word so formed expresses a measure of the rainfall.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context चेले saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context क्नोपेः 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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चेले क्नोपेः
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Commentary
The affix णमुल् comes after the causative of the root क्नूय् 'to wet', when there is compounded with a noun denoting 'clothing', in the Accusative -2nd case, as an उपपद , if the whole word so formed expresses a measure of the rainfall.
The verb क्नोपि is the causative root formed from the simple root क्नूय् 'to wet'. Thus चेलक्नोपं वृष्टो देवः or वस्त्रक्नोपं or वसनक्नोपं &c. 'it rained so as to wet the clothes'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.