4.2.130
विभाषा कुरुयुगन्धराभ्याम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix वुञ् comes optionally in the remaining senses after the words 1. कुरु and 2. युगन्धर.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaLeft context कुरु- युगन्धराभ्याम् pañcamī · dvivacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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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Full reading
कुरु-
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Commentary
The affix वुञ् comes optionally in the remaining senses after the words 1. कुरु and 2. युगन्धर।
Thus कौरवकः or कौरवः꣡, यौगन्धरकः or गौगन्धरः꣡ ॥ These words denote जनपद or inhabited countries, and therefore by sutra 4.2.125 they would always, have taken the affix वुञ्. The present sutra makes the application of वुञ् optional and not obligatory. The word कुरु occurs in the list of कच्छादि class 4.2.133. By virtue of its being so classified, it will take अण् also. And when it means man or something found in men, it will take necessarily, not optionally, the affix वुञ् by virtue of sutra 4.2.134. As कौरवको मनुष्यः, कौरवकमस्य हसितम् ॥ This aphorism therefore, teaches option regarding कुरु with these restrictions, while it teaches option absolutely with regard to the word युगन्धरः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.