4.1.127
कुलटाया वा
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ढक् comes in the sense of a descendant after the word कुल्टा and इनङ् is optionally the substitute of the final before this affix.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target कुलटायाः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaIndeclinable वा avyaya
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
कुलटायाः वा
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Commentary
The affix ढक् comes in the sense of a descendant after the word कुल्टा and इनङ् is optionally the substitute of the final before this affix.
The word कुलटा means literally one who wanders (अटति) from one family (कुल) to another, i.e. an unchaste woman. This sutra is made to teach substitution only, for कुलटा would have taken ढक् by the general rule 4.1.120. Thus कुलटा + ढक् = कुलटिन् + ढक् = कौलटिनेयः or कौलटेयः 'son of an unchaste woman.' This word कुलटा being a word denoting contempt, will take also the affix ढक् by 4.1.131. Thus कौलटेरः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.