4.2.61
क्रमादिभ्यो वुन्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix वुन् comes in the sense of 'who studies or who knows' after the words क्रम etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context क्रम- आदिभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / 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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क्रम-
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Commentary
The affix वुन् comes in the sense of 'who studies or who knows' after the words क्रम etc.
This debars अण् ॥ Thus क्रमकः 7.1.1 &c. The words 1 क्रम, 2 पद, 3 शिक्षा, 4 मीमांसा, 5 सामन् belong to this class.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.