4.2.142
कन्थापलदनगरग्रामहृदोत्तरपदात्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix छ comes in the remaining senses after a वृद्ध words, having the words 1. कन्था 2. पलद 3. नगर 4. ग्राम and 5. हृद , as second terms.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context कन्था- पलद- नगर- ग्राम- हृद- उत्तरपदात् pañcamī · ekavacana
- 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
कन्था-
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Commentary
The affix छ comes in the remaining senses after a वृद्ध words, having the words 1. कन्था 2. पलद 3. नगर 4. ग्राम and 5. हृद , as second terms.
This debars the other affixes such as ठञ् and ञिठ् of 117 ante Thus दाक्षिकन्थीयम्, माहिकिकन्थीयम्, दाक्षिपलदीयम्, माहिकिपलदीयम्, दाक्षिनगरीयं, माहिकिनगरीयम्, दाक्षिग्रामीयम्, माहिकिग्रामीयम्, दाक्षिह्रदीयम्, माहिकिह्रदीयम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.