4.2.39
गोत्रोक्षोष्ट्रोरभ्रराजराजन्यराजपुत्रवत्समनुष्याजाद्वुञ्
Operational rule vidhi
For the words that indicate a गोत्र, and for the words in this list - उक्षन्, उष्ट्र, उरभ्र, राजन्, राजन्य, राजपुत्र, वत्स, मनुष्य, अज - The वुञ् प्रत्यय is added to indicate the meaning of तस्य समूहः.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context - उक्षन्- उष्ट्र- उरभ्र- राजन्- राजन्य- राजपुत्र- वत्स- मनुष्य- अजात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term वु 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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Commentary
The affix वुञ् comes the sense is 'a collection thereof' after a word denoting a गोत्र (Patronymic) and after 1. उक्ष 2. उष्ट्र 3. उरभ्र 4. राजन 5. राजन्य 6. राजपुत्र 7. वत्स 8. मनुष्य and 9. अज।
The word गोत्र is used here in its popular and not technical sense, meaning any descendant or offspring. Thus औपगवकम्, औक्षकम्, 6.4.144 औष्ट्रकम्, औरभ्रकम्, राजकम्, 6.4.144 राजन्यकम्, राजपुत्रकम्, वात्सकम्, मानुष्यकम्, आजकम् ॥ The final य of मनुष्य and राजन्य is not elided when the affix अक् is added 6.4.150
Vart:- Also after the word वृद्ध e.g. वार्द्धकम् 'a collection of old men'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.