ठञ् कवचिनश्च

Operational rule vidhi

The words केदार and कवचिन् get the ठञ् प्रत्यय in the meaning of 'तस्य समूहः'.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaLeft context कवचिनः pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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Full reading

ठञ् कवचिनः च

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Commentary

The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of 'collection thereof' after the word केदार and also after the word कवचिन ।
Thus कावचिकम् 6.4.144; and कैदारिकम्. We read the anuvritti of केदार in this Sutra, by virtue of the word च

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.