4.2.33
अग्नेर्ढक्
Operational rule vidhi
The word अग्नि gets the प्रत्यय ढक् in the meaning of 'सा अस्य देवता'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अग्नेः 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
अग्नेः ढक्
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Commentary
The affix ढक् comes in the sense of 'this its deity' after the name अग्नि।
Thus अग्निर्देवताऽस्य = आग्नेयोऽष्टकपालः ॥
Vart:- The affix 'dhak' always comes after the words Agni and Kali, in the various senses of the affixes called Pragdivyatiya. See 4.2.8.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.