3.4.67
कर्तरि कृत्
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes called कृत् are used in the sense of an agent.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context कर्तरि 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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कर्तरि
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Commentary
The affixes called कृत् are used in the sense of an agent.
The words formed by krit affixes have the sense of agency; when no other special sense has been assigned to them by any rule, then this rule will apply, and fix the force of the affix. This rule will not, therefore, apply to krit affixes like ख्युन् 3.2.5 and 3.2.6 to which a special sense has been assigned, but affixes like ण्वुल् and तृच् &c, 3.1.133. Thus कारकः means a 'doer'; कर्त्ता 'an agent'; नन्दनः 'one who causes happiness'; ग्राही 'who seizes'; पचः 'who cooks'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.