4.2.140
राज्ञः क च
Operational rule vidhi
The letter क is the substitute of the final of the word राजन् , when छ is added.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target राज्ञः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaWord क Indeclinable च avyaya
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Word Case not marked in the source data.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
राज्ञः क च
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Commentary
The letter क is the substitute of the final of the word राजन् , when छ is added.
This sutra only teaches substitution: for राजन् would have taken छ by 4.2.114. Thus राजकीयम् ॥ The word देशे does not govern this sutra, not being appropriate.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.