4.2.20
क्षीराड्ढञ्
Operational rule vidhi
The word क्षीर gets the प्रत्यय ढञ् in the meaning of 'संस्कृतं भक्षाः'
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context क्षीरात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
क्षीरात् ढञ्
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Commentary
The affix ढञ् comes in the sense of 'prepared food' after the word दधि ending in the Locative -7th case.
This debars अण् ॥ Thus क्षीरे संस्कृताः = क्षैरेयी यवागूः 'milky gruel'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.