4.2.51
इनित्रकट्यचश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The words खल, गो and रथ respectively get the प्रत्ययाः - इनि, त्र, कट्यच् to indicate the meaning of 'तस्य समूहः'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term इ - त्र- कट्यचः prathamā · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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इनि-
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Commentary
The affixes इनि , त्र and कट्यष्यच् come in the sense of 'collection thereof', respectively after the words 1. खल 2 गो and 3. रथ।
Thus खलिनी, गोत्रा, रथकट्या ।
Vart:- The affix इनि comes after the words खल &c. Thus डाकिनी, कुण्डलिनी, कुटुम्बिनी ॥
Vart:- The affix खण्डच् comes after the words Kamala &c. As कमलखण्डम्, अम्भोजखण्डम् ॥ कमल, अम्भोज, पद्मिनी, कुमुद, सरोज्, नलिनी, कैरविणी belong to this class. These are आकृतिगणः ॥
Vart:- The affix स्कन्धच् comes after the words नर, करि, and तुरङ्ग ॥ As, नरस्कन्धः, करिस्कन्धः and तुरङ्गस्कन्धः ॥
Vart:- The affix काण्ड comes after the words पूर्व &c. Thus पूर्वकाण्डम्, तृणकाण्डम्, कर्मकाण्डम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.