4.1.131
क्षुद्राभ्यो वा
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ढ्रक् comes optionally in the sense of descendant after the feminine words denoting mean objects.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context क्षुद्राभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaIndeclinable वा avyaya
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
क्षुद्राभ्यः वा
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Commentary
The affix ढ्रक् comes optionally in the sense of descendant after the feminine words denoting mean objects.
The anuvritti of ढ्रक् is to be read in this sutra, and not of आरक्, though the latter immediately precedes it. The word क्षुद्रा means those who are defective or wanting in any bodily limb or organ, or who are low in social status and religious principles. This sutra debars ढक् which would come in the other alternative. Thus काणेरः 'the son of an one eyed woman', or काणेयः, दासेरः or दासेयः 'son of a female-slave'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.