कुलकुक्षिग्रीवाभ्यः श्वास्यलंकारेषु

Operational rule vidhi

The affix ढकञ् is added to the words 1. कुल 2. कुक्षि and 3. ग्रीवा when the whole words so formed mean respectively 'a dog', 'a sword' and 'an ornament'.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context कुल- कुक्षि- ग्रीवाभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaRight context श्व- असि- अलङ्कारेषु saptamī · bahuvacana

Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").

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Full reading

कुल-कुक्षि-ग्रीवाभ्यः श्व-असि-अलङ्कारेषु

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Commentary

The affix ढकञ् is added to the words 1. कुल 2. कुक्षि and 3. ग्रीवा when the whole words so formed mean respectively 'a dog', 'a sword' and 'an ornament'.
The force of the affix, as already told above, is to denote 'produce' &c. 4.3.25 &c)): but the whole word has specific significance. As कौलेयकः = a dog (lit. pertaining to a family); कौक्षेयकः = a sword (lit. remaining in a sheath), ग्रैवेयकः = a necklace. When not having these meanings; the regular derivatives from these words are formed by अण् as, कौलः, कौक्षः and ग्रैवः ॥

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