4.3.119
क्षुद्राभ्रमरवटरपादपादञ्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अञ् comes after the words 1. क्षुद्रा 2. भ्रमर 3. वटर and 4. पादप in the sense of 'made by him', the whole word being a Name.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context क्षुद्रा- भ्रमर- वटर- पादपात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अ 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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Full reading
क्षुद्रा-
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Commentary
The affix अञ् comes after the words 1. क्षुद्रा 2. भ्रमर 3. वटर and 4. पादप in the sense of 'made by him', the whole word being a Name.
This debars अण्, there being difference in accent between अण् and अञ् ॥ Thus क्षुद्राभिः कृतम् = क्षौद्रम् 'honey' lit 'made by a small bee'. So also भ्रामरम्, वाटरम् and पादपम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.