3.4.34
निमूलसमूलयोः कषः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix णमुल् comes after the verb कष् 'to rub' when the words निमूल and समूल are compounded with it in the Accusative -2nd case.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context निमूल- समूलयोः saptamī · dvivacanaLeft context कषः 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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Commentary
The affix णमुल् comes after the verb कष् 'to rub' when the words निमूल and समूल are compounded with it in the Accusative -2nd case.
Thus निमूलकाषं कषति 'he scrapes down to the roots'; समूलकाषं कषति 'he scrapes up to the roots'. In fact, the gerund of the root and the root itself denote the same thing; the whole sentence निमूलकाषङ्कषति being equal to निमूलं कषति. From this sutra up to sutra 3.4.46, the subsequent verb governing the previous word, must be derived from the same root from which the gerund is derived; see sutra 3.4.46.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.